Sweeper’s death triggers Dhar clash

Twenty-two people have been arrested in connection with the murder.

Raju’s funeral procession was about to start under heavy police protection today when some angry mourners began to pelt stones at the houses of some members of the minority community.

Half a km away, some unidentified miscreants stabbed Allah Noor, 40, to death. Within minutes, rival groups clashed and a shop was ransacked.

Additional police personnel were rushed to the area to disperse the mob. Fearing that the violence could spread to other parts of Dhar, the district administration imposed a curfew.

“Though the clash was localised in nature we didn’t want to take any chance and clamped a curfew in the entire town,” said Indore DIG Pramod Falnekar said.