Tense silence with no new incident of violence reported from Dungarpur
- Saturday | 26th September, 2020
Tense silence with no new incident of violence reported from Dungarpur
- | Saturday | 26th September, 2020
Dungarpur district witnessed violent protests by candidates of a teacher recruitment exam on Thursday. Prohibitory orders were issued and the mobile internet services were suspended in the district on Friday.
The situation is still tense in the district of Dungarpur, even though no new incident has been reported yet on Saturday.
Dungarpur district witnessed a violent protests by candidates of a teacher recruitment exam on Thursday. Prohibitory orders were issued and the mobile internet services were suspended in the district on Friday.
Inspector General Binita Thakur, who is present in the violence-hit area, said efforts are being made to restore law and order.
The candidates of the 2018 teachers` recruitment exam have been protesting for over the past fortnight to press for their demand to fill 1,167 general posts with ST-category candidates, police said.
On Thursday evening, protest by candidates of a teachers` recruitment examination on National Highway 8 in Bichhiwara area of Dungarpur turned violent as the protestors’ pelted stones over the police force and torched various vehicles.
Police resorted to a baton charge and fired tear gas to disperse the mob.
The violence continued on Friday. "The protesters are present on the hillocks on both sides of the highway and the police forces are on the highway. No fresh incident of violence occurred today so far," Thakur said on Saturday.
She said additional police forces have been deployed in the area to bring the situation under control. Another police official said nearly 25 km stretch of the highway is blocked. "The highway is blocked from Ratanpur to Khariwara. Traffic can resume only when the situation is completely under control," he said.
The protesters set to flames over 20 vehicles, including buses, vandalised a petrol pump, hotel and other properties in the last two days. The vehicle of Dungarpur superintendent of police and several other police motorcycles were also torched.
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