Gopalgarh violence: 13 accused remanded in CBI custody

The accused,who were arrested yesterday by CBI and belong to Gujjar and Meo communities.

A local court today remanded 13 accused arrested in connection with communal riots in Bharatpur to two days in CBI custody.

The accused,who were arrested yesterday by CBI and belong to Gujjar and Meo communities,were produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CBI) MK Singhal in Jaipur where he remanded them in CBI custody.

Ten persons of the Meo community were killed in the communal violence and police firing in Gopalgarh town of Bharatpur in September.

The Ashok Gehlot government had received flak for the violence which erupted following a land-related dispute,prompting it to recommend a CBI probe.

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