“Rajasthan: BJP leader stabbed by mob for bursting firecrackers in front of his shop in Bhilwara, stones pelted and cars burnt in resultant violence, four attackers arrested”, Opindia, October 25, 2024:
“After Bahraich, another incident of communal violence erupted in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, where a person was stabbed and several others attacked by people from a ‘particular community’ for bursting firecrackers. The victims, including a BJP leader and his nephew, were attacked and stabbed with knives by a violent mob.
The incident took place in Bhilwara city’s Bhimganj police station area, where Devendra Hada, husband of Councillor Manju Devi, runs a tea stall near the Bhimganj police station. Late evening on Thursday, he along with some youths were bursting firecrackers outside his shop. At that time, around 30-40 people from a particular community arrived at the spot and objected to bursting firecrackers.
Devendra Hada said that they are busting firecrackers ahead of Diwali. Hearing, one youth took out a knife and attacked him, stabbing him in the stomach. When others from the Hindu side tried to intervene, they were attacked, including Hada’s nephew…….”
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