Rajasthan: Cop Runs Through Flames To Save Infant Amid Karauli Violence, IPS Officer Shares Photo

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lashed out at the Centre for the violence and said that the Central Government should take responsibility and condemn for the communal violence in the state. 

Police constable Netresh Sharma ran through flames to save infant amid Karauli violence | Courtesy: Twitter/@SukirtiMadhav

New Delhi: Amid burning buildings that ensued communal violence in Rajasthan’s Karauli, a photo of a police constable saving an infant is being widely praised and shared on social media. 

In the photo shared by Senior Superintendent of Police of Shamli, IPS Sukriti Madhav Mishra, the police constable, Netresh Sharma can be seen running past burning buildings through narrow alleys while holding the infant securely in front of him. 

Take a look at the photograph. 

"तम में प्रकाश हूँ,
कठिन वक़्त की आस हूँ।"
So proud of constable Netresh Sharma of Rajasthan Police for saving a precious life. This picture is in deed worth a thousand words.. pic.twitter.com/U2DMRE3EpR

— Sukirti Madhav Mishra (@SukirtiMadhav) April 4, 2022

Communal violence had broken out in Rajasthan’s Karauli on Saturday when a motorcycle procession being taken out on the occasion of Nav Samvatsar, the Hindu new year, through a Muslim-dominated area was allegedly pelted with stones, leading to arson.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lashed out at the Centre for the violence and said that the Central Government should take responsibility and condemn for the communal violence in the state. 

"PM Modi should take responsibility and condemn recent communal violence in Rajasthan. It's his duty to maintain law and order. I urge him to address the issue soon,” Gehlot had said while talking to reporters on Saturday, quoted news agency ANI. 

"It is everyone's right to propagate the goodness of any religion. But the unrest spread by playing DJ, raising slogans in the procession, and anti-social elements sparked riots. In the process, innocent lives get trapped and those who are not involved in the riots die. To stop the violence and disturbance in the country, the central government should give a strong message," he added. 

Gehlot further said that the “Prime Minister should condemn the anti-social elements, try to establish law and order in the country and anti-social elements should be punished."

46 people were arrested and seven detained for interrogation by the Rajasthan Police on Saturday after the stone-pelting incident during a religious procession in Karauli. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was imposed in the Karauli district and internet services were shut down from 6:30 pm on April 2 till 12 am on April 4.