Bhilwara: Internet shut after Muslim man's murder
November 25, 2022 01:48
Internet service was suspended in Bhilwara city
for 48 hours after a Muslim man was shot dead and his brother got
wounded in the same attack, police said on Thursday.
According to
the police, four bike-borne assailants opened fire on the brothers to
avenge the murder of Adarsh Tapadia that took place six months ago.
Additional police force has been deployed in the city as a precautionary
measure even as mobs were said to have gathered at various places,
Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Hawa Singh
Ghumaria said.
Family members of the victims and their supporters
vandalised the hospital after one of the victims of the attack succumbed
there during treatment, police said.
His injured sibling has been
referred to Udaipur for treatment, they said.
Hawa Singh said that the
district SP and his team are tracking security arrangements in the
area.
Inspector General of Ajmer range is being sent to Bhilwara and
the situation in the city is completely under control, he said.
Police force has been deployed in the city at several places, including
Mahatma Gandhi crossing, Badla Chauraha, Bhimganj, C T Kotwali.
The
assailants are being searched for.
Additional Superintendent of Police
Jyestha Maitreyi said that in the afternoon, four unidentified people
on two bikes surrounded Ibrahim Pathan alias Bhura, 34, and Qamaruddin
alias Tony, 22, at Badla intersection and shot three rounds at them.
Ibrahim died while undergoing treatment, she said.
Preliminary
investigation has revealed that the men were shot to avenge Adarsh
Tapadia's murder.
In May this year, Tapadia was stabbed to death in
the city during a fight that arose out of an old rivalry between two
groups.
After his murder, Bhilwara was gripped with fears of
communal violance, even as police arrested three minors, as well as half
a dozen other people. On the appeal of Hindu organisations, the city
was shut down then. -- PTI