Ram Navami Violence: MP Govt Demolishes Houses Of 'Stone Pelters' In Khargone

After the riots on Sunday, the process of demolishing the houses of the rioters started on Monday. Houses are being demolished in the presence of a heavy police force.

Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan (File photo: getty)

New Delhi: After the violence on the occasion of Ram Navami in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, chief minister of the state Shivraj Singh Chouhan has come into action mode and the district administration started demolition of at least 50 "illegal" structures of people accused of pelting stones.

After the riots on Sunday, the process of demolishing the houses of the rioters started on Monday. Houses are being demolished in the presence of a heavy police force. There was a communal dispute during the procession on Ramnavmi on Sunday. In which the rioters hurled stones at a Ram Navami procession triggered large-scale arson. Also, Khargone SP Siddharth Chaudhary and 10 police personnel were injured due to bullet injuries.

Regarding this incident, the Chief Minister of the state Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the accused involved in this violence have been identified and they will not be spared. 

"The rioters have been identified and they will not be spared. Strict action will be taken against them. There is no place for rioters in Madhya Pradesh," the CM said.

"We have passed the Damage to Public and Private Property Recovery Act. We are constituting a claims tribunal under the Act and after assessing the loss, its recovery will be done from rioters," Chouhan said in a statement.

Talking about the violence, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra expressed houses from where stones were heaved at the parade will be turned into rubble.

Certain individuals who are hurt by the result of the recently-held Assembly elections in five states are now instigating violence, the minister said.

"They want to disturb peace in the state and the country. Even from these (Assembly poll) results, such people have not understood what the country wants," Mishra said.

Khargone District Magistrate Anugrah P said that curfew has been imposed in entire Khargone. The CM has said that the damage caused to both public and private properties will be compensated from them.