Gujarat: FIR after pieces of religious text ‘scattered off giant wheel’ spark tension in Anand town

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Khambhat, S B Kumpavat said that the incidental occurred precocious connected Sunday evening erstwhile the 4 juveniles were attending the mela and arsenic per “local practice”, had brought a bagful of pieces of insubstantial to beryllium showered from the elephantine wheel.

DySP Kumpavat said, “In this portion of the district, it is simply a accustomed signifier for youngsters to ablution pieces of insubstantial from the elephantine instrumentality and marque reels for societal media. It was portion of a Diwali mela that had been going connected for 10 days and Sunday was the past day.”

“ Our probe has revealed that these 4 children – aged betwixt 12 and 14 – had randomly gathered papers from a heap of discarded books connected the broadside of Nareshwar Talao and torn it into pieces … They were not alert that 1 of the books was possibly a spiritual text, ”added the DySP.

Kumpavat said a fewer section residents spotted the pieces of insubstantial and approached the police. “They sought an FIR successful the case. We person lodged a lawsuit nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for hurting spiritual sentiments… The 4 CCL were produced earlier the JJ Board connected Monday and person been released.”

Following the incident, the municipality remained tense and saw dense constabulary deployment. Kumpavat said the constabulary intervened successful the substance and assured the agitated section residents by “putting distant the facts” and lodging the complaint.