The conflict broke out after a youth put up a social media submit reacting to the trending ‘I Love Muhammad' marketing campaign. Assistant superintendent of police Ayush Jain instructed ET {that a} youth within the village had put up a submit asking folks to pattern “I like Mahadev” in response to the continued marketing campaign. “Nevertheless, his submit contained one thing derogatory concerning the minority group that enraged the folks, who went to his home to protest,” he mentioned. Whereas they could not discover the youth at his residence, the protestors, on their method again, vandalised some outlets and autos and set hearth to them. This was adopted by stone pelting by each side close to the village garba venue. The extraordinary stone pelting additionally resulted in accidents to some policemen who had been the primary responders to the incident.
Stress, violence in Gandhinagar over social media submit; 60 folks detained
Gandhinagar: Police detained about 60 folks from Bahiyal village of Dehgam block in Gandhinagar district for hurling stones and damaging a number of outlets and autos on Wednesday evening following an objectionable social media submit.
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