Date 9 Aug 2013 Muslims Hindus 2 killed 1 killed | Location Kishtwar Hindus Police, Army | |
Causes Attempt to create communal disharmony for electoral gains | ||
The 2013 Kishtwar Riots, which claimed three lives and injured eighty more, took place between Muslim and Hindu communities on the aftermath of Eid festival on 9 August 2013 at Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.
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Initial clashes
On Aug 9, Its reported that after offering the prayers, muslims got together shouting anti India slogans and started marching the area in order to instigate the locals. The trouble started as a bike rider was trying to make his way through a procession of Muslims going for Eid prayers. The bike rider reportedly entered into a heated argument with members of the procession. Anti-India slogans were raised and this led to clashes between the two sides The riots led to the killing of one Hindu and two Muslims. The Muslim mob went around the market area setting fire to shops and homes of hindus. . People involved in the clashes initially started with stone pelting and later shops and houses were gutted. The situation was rightly handed by the then state govt. by timely calling of army and preventing entry of politicians into the sensitive areas. As on March 11, 2016,in a startling finding, one-man Justice R C Gandhi Commission indicted former Minister of State for Home, currently National Conference MLC, Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo for masterminding the 2013 Kishtwar communal riots that claimed three lives, left 80 injured and over 100 houses and business establishments mainly belonging to minority community members gutted.
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15 August
Arrests
As of 13 August, a total of 141 people have been taken into custody till now in connection with the incidents. Nearly 40 weapons looted from a Kishtwar arms shop also needed to be recovered.
Administrative Failure
Administrative failure is being cited as the reason for Kishtwar clashes. Central Security establishment raised questions like:
- Low police strength
- Wrong assessment of the gravity of situation
- Failure to call in the two companies of Sashastra Seema Bal deployed in the area as reinforcement.
- No deployment of CRPF in the district. CRPF, which has 60 companies in the state to maintain law and order, was called into Kishtwar on only the second day of the riots.
The home ministry, meanwhile, has issued an advisory asking J&K government to prevent violence from spreading further by deploying adequate forces in all parts of the state.
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Oh that's right they can't because their star PM hopeful waited days to call out the army & has yet to apologise. Hypocrites.
During such processions, some hot-headed people always make demands of ‘azadi’. It happens virtually every Friday...Since information moves very fast these days, tension spread to other parts of the town. It became difficult for the police to control it. Then, the Army was called. The Army conducted a flag march at 5.30 pm and imposed strict curfews thereby bringing the situation under control,
When the riots occurred in Gujarat in 2002, the Army was not allowed inside. No one from outside was allowed to enter Ahmedabad. And Gujarat is not a property of Modi
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