Ganjbasoda (Madhya Pradesh): A car, a motorcycle, plastic pipes and wooden logs were set on fire as tension flared between two communities at Ganjbasoda in Vidisha district, following a woman’s suicide, police said on Wednesday.
Police have arrested the accused under abetment of suicide sections of the BNS, officials said. Superintendent of Police Rohit Kaswani said that on Tuesday, a woman was found hanging in her home.
Her family rushed her to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
According to family, the woman had a relationship with a man from another community, which they claim led to her taking her own life. The police arrested the accused on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, after post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family. However, they demanded harsher charges against the accused and called for his house to be demolished.The family tried to block the road with deceased’s body in protest. Police managed to calm them and urged them to proceed with the last rites. Meanwhile, violence broke out in the village, with people targeting property belonging to the other community.
A motorcycle and a car were torched, while plastic pipes and wooden logs stored outside houses were also set ablaze at four different locations. Fire tenders were deployed to bring the blaze under control.
Inspector General Abhay Singh said that a large number of police personnel have been deployed in the village and surrounding areas. He said that law and order is now under control, with police patrolling the area and monitoring social media for any inciting activity.
