Fighting after stone pelting at Garba event in Gujarat, incident caught on camera

Seven people were injured when a mob allegedly attacked a garba venue in Gujarat’s Kheda district. The police gave this information on Tuesday. An official said that a mob of around 150 people pelted stones at a group performing garba in a temple premises in Undhela village on Monday night.

Deputy Superintendent of Police V.R. Bajpai said that after the FIR was registered at Matar police station, the police took 13 people into custody. He said that a large number of police personnel have been deployed in the village after the incident.

Bajpai told reporters, “The sarpanch of the village had organized a garba in a temple. The Muslim community mob tried to stop it.” He said that the mob also pelted stones. At least seven people, including a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan and a policeman, were injured.

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Earlier, Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhia had said that a group led by Arif and Zaheer entered the Navratri Garba venue and created a ruckus.

Some Muslim men who were arrested after throwing stones at a Navratri Garba event were tied to a pole and thrashed with canes. The crowd can also be seen cheering in the video. Local news outlet VTV Gujarati News also shared the video and said, “10-11 heretics were brought to Undhela village, where the police publicly taught them a lesson”.

The report said that the accused were asked to apologize to the public. The police inspector in-charge of the area was also present there.

NDTV could not independently verify the video. On Twitter, people questioned the police’s ‘kangaroo justice’ in response to the video, while many were defending the ‘quick fix’.

News agency PTI had reported that a mob of around 150 people pelted stones at a garba event in a temple premises last night. 43 were named in this case.