Village panchayat peace committees asked to resolve shrine dispute in Kaithal

Gurgaon | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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KAITHAL: As per the information, the district administration has instructed the social organisations and panchayats of several villages to form a peace committee to resolve the shrines related dispute of two communities which clashed at village Badsui in district Kaithal on Friday. The force is not obstructing any traffic but it is keeping a vigil eye on the situation in the village. "Some villagers requesting anonymity said, “The temple and gurdwara are constructed at a common land belonging to our village. I offer condolences to the family members of the deceased person who has lost his life in the clash. Police said the clash took place due to ongoing dispute over the land shared by two shrines and ‘local electoral politics’.On Friday, in the clash Shamsher Singh (50) of village Badsui was killed while nearly 15 of both the communities received injuries..