NSA invoked against 4 for conspiring to create communal tension in Ratlam

Police said there was a huge uproar after the incident, but now the situation has been normalised and markets have been opened

Updated on: Jun 16, 2024, 09:30:48 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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The Ratlam district administration in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday invoked stringent National Security Act (NSA) against four people for hatching a conspiracy of creating communal tension in Jaora town.

Police said the accused have been sent to jail after being produced before court. (Representative Image)

The four accused-- Salman Mewati (21), Shakir Qureshi (19), Shahrukh, 24, and Naushad, 28, who have 28 cases lodged against him-- were arrested on Friday for throwing severed head of a cow in a Jaganath temple in Jaora late Thursday night.

“They hatched a conspiracy for creating communal tension in the area,” said Manoj Kumar Singh, deputy inspector general of police, Ratlam division.

Shakir and Salman are neighbours and the CCTV installed at Shakir’s house helped police in catching them. We wrote for invoking NSA against them, and district collector Rakesh Batham released an order on Saturday in this regard, said the DIG.

The accused have been sent to jail after being produced before court. Police on Friday had also demolished the illegally constructed houses of Shakir and Salman.

The DIG said, “On Friday morning, when the priest, Gaurav Giri Goswami, reached the temple, he saw the severed head of the cow. He informed the locals and police. Later, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal members along with other Hindu organisations called indefinite shut down of Jaora.”

There was a huge uproar after the incident, but now the situation has been normalised and markets have been opened.

The FIR has been registered under Section 153 a (promoting enmity between different groups) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Madhya Pradesh Govansh Vadh Pratished Adhniyam 2004.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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