Dalit homes torched, Ambedkar statue desecrated in MP

BHOPAL: Election-related violence continues in MP’s Vijaypur. Hours after polling, a mob attacked a Dalit colony in Gohta village and allegedly set hearth to 4 homes late Wednesday evening. The attackers, numbering round 200, pelted stones and burnt down houses and torched a transformer, mentioned locals. In addition they desecrated a statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Sheopur SP Virendra Jain instructed mediapersons that police obtained details about a dispute between two events. On arriving on the scene, officers discovered a pile of millet husk burnt to ashes. No formal grievance has been made, and no accidents have been reported. One other officer downplayed the incident, saying such tensions are widespread throughout elections and insisted that ‘no important disturbance’ occurred. Motion can be taken provided that a proper grievance is obtained, he mentioned. There have been no arrests until Thursday evening.
Congress state president Jitu Patwari accused BJP staff of attacking tribal and Dalit communities. BJP state president VD Sharma dismissed Patwari’s allegations, saying: “When Congress wins an election, they tie turban on Rahul Gandhi’s head. And once they know they’re shedding, it takes to hooliganism and arson. They begin blaming administration and EVMs.”