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Jhabua still tense; 8 towns observe bandh Ranjan Jhabua, January 17 Even as Jhabua continues to remain tense, police arrested as many as 13 persons related to Amkhut Catholic Church and School, including the head Church priest, in connection with the armed attack on a group last evening, which resulted in the death of one Arjun Pal and causing injuries to six others. Meanwhile, the government has announced a sum of Rs 1 lakh to the next of kin of Arjun Pal and a sum of Rs 5,000 to each of the injured in the Amkhut incident. No other untoward incident was reported from any part of the district after the violent incidents which tool place at Amkhut, Puniyavat and Alirajpur. Prohibitory orders were issued late night under Section 144 of Cr PC in the entire district. Today, a spontaneous bandh was observed in eight towns in the district, including Bhabra and Alirajpur. Heavy police force was deployed at a good number of sensitive places in the district to meet any eventuality. The arrested persons included Fr Theofil, Nirma Damor, Emanuel, Kiran Julios, Rupesh Tomar, Mrs Angina, Mansingh, Rajendra, Deepu and Isha. The Catholic Church premises where Sujata was raped and murdered sees no presence of Church priests. The premises wore a deserted look and was converted into a veritable police camp. The cremation of Arjun Pal, said to be a Sewa Bharati worker, took place at Bhabra amidst heavy police deployment and presence of hundreds of persons. Industries Minister Kailash Chawla and PWD Minister Kailash Vijayavergiya also attended the funeral procession this afternoon. IG Indore Range PL Pandey countered unconfirmed reports from certain quarters that three persons had been killed in Amkhut incident last evening. He said, so far there was report of death of one person only. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad, continuing its dharna programme opposite the Catholic Church and School in Jhabua city, has issued a warning that if the real culprits involved in rape and murder of nine-year old Sujata were not arrested by January 19 they would chalk out their own course of action. Notably, the rape and murder of the girl was committed in the Church premises. Talking to Hindustan Times, VHP district president Khumsingh Maharaj said, the demands of the organisations were that the government appeal against the court case in connection with Nawapada nun rape case, the Churches and the Church priests be removed from the district and the real culprits involved in rape and murder of Sujata be arrested. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_537805,0015002100000000.htm |
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