Jharkhand: Clashes Erupt In Hazaribag Between Two Groups Over Installation Of Flags, Loudspeaker For Shivratri

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Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 18:58 [IST]

Several
people
were
injured
after
two
groups
clashed
over
installation
of
flags
and
a
loudspeaker
during
Shivratri
in
Jharkhand’s
Hazaribag
district
on
Wednesday,
police
said.

It
all
started
when
one
group
objected
to
the
installation
of
religious
flags
and
a
loudspeaker
in
front
of
a
school
in
Dumraon
village
within
Ichak
police
station
limits
by
members
of
another.

The
war
if
words
escalated
into
violence,
with
both
sides
pelting
bricks
at
each
other.
A
number
of
two-wheelers
were
also
set
on
fire,
police
said.

Senior
police
officers,
along
with
adequate
security
personnel,
went
to
the
spot
and
used
force
to
disperse
the
groups.
The
situation
is
tense
but
under
control,
police
said.

“Law
and
order
is
under
control.
We
appeal
to
people
to
celebrate
Maha
Shivratri
peacefully,” a
police
official
said.

Reacting
to
the
incident,
minister
of
state
for
defence
and
Ranchi
MP
Sanjay
Seth
blamed
Bangladeshi
infiltrators
for
the
violence
and
urged
Chief
Minister
Hemant
Soren
to
take
stringent
measures
to
drive
them
out.

“Whether
it
is
Holi,
Saraswati
Puja,
Ramnavmi
or
Maha
Shivratri,
why
do
such
incidents
recur
only
in
Jharkhand?
It
is
because
infiltrators
from
Bangladesh
are
hell-bent
on
destroying
communal
harmony
and
law
and
order
here
and
changing
the
state’s
demography,”
he
alleged.

“Such
incidents
rarely
occur
in
states
ruled
by
BJP-NDA
whether
Delhi,
Assam,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
or
Uttar
Pradesh,
as
infiltrators
are
identified
and
driven
out
there,”
he
added.

Demanding
strict
action
against
the
perpetrators,
Seth
said,
“I
urged
the
CM
to
strengthen
law
and
order
here.
The
state
government
should
identify
the
Bangladeshi
infiltrators
and
drive
them
out.”