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| DH News Service,Mysore: |
Sporadic incidents of stabbing broke out in riot-hit Mysore on Friday evening as district BJP Yuva Morcha president Giridhar battled for his life in a local hospital after being assaulted by a group of men.
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Even as the police swept through different parts of the city, arresting 50 persons for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s clashes, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and R V Deshpande, who reached here on Friday, demanded a judicial inquiry into the clashes.
Concerned over the seriousness of the inter-group clashes that rocked some parts of the town on Thursday, senior police officials led by Director-General of Police Ajai Kumar Singh held a closed-door meeting to chalk out a strategy to bring the situation under control. Three persons were killed when groups clashed over desecration of a place of worship in Udaygiri.
Singh said the “government will do everything to bring the situation under control”. But his assurances were apparently not enough as residents of riot-stricken Udaygiri, Kyathamaranahalli, Gayathripuram, Gandhinagar and other areas continued to leave the town for safer havens.
Two companies of Rapid Action Force, numbering about 300, including 22 women personnel, arrived here late Thursday night from Coimbatore. A peace march, led by Armed Reserve DCP Shivanna, was held in the riot-hit streets of the town. It helped contain the clashes from spreading to other parts.
According to police sources, at least 30 to 50 families of lower middle class background vacated their homes to take refuge in other parts of the town. They used push-carts, auto-rickshaws and two-wheelers as modes of transport to move out from their homes. Most of these people are migrant labourers from Kerala and Tamil Nadu who had come to Mysore in search of work.
Though the district administration denied there were any stabbing incidents, eight people, with stab wounds and injuries sustained because of other forms of assault, were admitted at Bibi Ayesha and K R hospitals. Doctors in these two hospitals confirmed the injured, who were stabbed in Gandhi Nagar, were undergoing treatment under their care.
Among the injured, the condition of one Surendra (27) was stated to be extremely serious. He was stabbed in the back by unidentified scooter-borne miscreants.
Although a surgery was performed on him, he continues to be in a critical condition. Surendra’s aunt, Bharathi, said her nephew’s back was “sliced” in the knife attack.
Apart from setting up a helpline 1077 at a central location in the town, the district administration has made boarding and lodging arrangements at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry for families who might prefer staying away from Udaygiri. However, no families have availed of the facility yet.
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