Violence in Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district, arson in many government offices
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Raipur (Team Newsbuddy): A mob angry with the vandalism in the Satnami community’s Jaitkham in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district set fire to many government offices on Monday.
Apart from setting fire to the offices of the district collector, SP, panchayat, tehsildar, the mob also vandalized the vehicles parked there.
A police officer said, “Thousands of mobs arrived and attacked the policemen deployed for security. Some policemen were also injured in this attack. After this, the furious mob carried out the incident of vandalism and arson.”
After this incident, the state’s Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai has called an emergency meeting with the Director General of Police and the Home Secretary. Meanwhile, the state’s Home Minister Vijay Sharma has also reached Raipur from Delhi.
On returning from Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, Minister Dayal Das Baghel, Minister Tankaram Verma reached the Collectorate premises to take stock of the Baloda Bazar incident site.
A large population of Chhattisgarh belongs to the Satnami community, who believe in their religious guru Baba Ghasidas. The white flag of this community is hoisted on a pole, which is considered sacred.
It is alleged that some people vandalized a Jaitkham and a place of worship near Girodpuri, the main religious place of the Satnami community in Baloda Bazaar-Bhatapara, on the 15th of last month.
The police arrested three people in this case and sent them to jail. But the Satnami community alleges that the police is protecting the real accused in this case.
After this, the people of the Satnami community were protesting in the Dussehra ground of Baloda Bazaar for the last three days.
On Sunday, the Home Minister of the state had announced a judicial inquiry into the entire matter on social media. But the people of the community remained adamant on the demand for a CBI inquiry.
After this, on Monday, thousands of people of the Satnami community reached the Collector, SP, Panchayat and Tehsil offices and started vandalizing.
