Communal violence in Jalgaon district

2015-01-16

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2015-01-16
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Maharashtra
  • City/District Jalgaon, Athavade Bazar, Pachora town, Jalgaon
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Athavade Bazar, Pachora town, Jalgaon
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim youth had a fight near Athavade Bazar in Jalgaon. He fought against a group of Hindus. Tension broke out in the area. The next morning, a Hindu boy was beaten up in the area. This added more fuel to the fire. The people from the two communities clashed and there was a loss of property and destruction of shops in the area. However, police officials took the situation in the control before it got worse. They saved the town from witnessing a communal riot