Khargone violence: Protests on arrival of Congress delegation; locals slam Digvijaya Singh

Weeks after  Khargone communal clashes, anti-Congress slogans were raised upon arrival of Congress delegation in riot-hit area on Thursday.   slogans were raised in front of  delegation. locals were reportedly angry over Digvijaya Singh's controversial statement. Some of m were heard shouting 'Digvijaya Singh Murdab.'

One of protesters directly questioned delegation, 'I have been a Congress worker in past. I am happy that Congress has sent you here for an unbiased probe. But can it really be an unbiased probe? Because your leer Digvijaya Singh is making unacceptable statements. You all are in  same party. Why can't you people stop Digvijaya Singh from doing all this? He is defaming Khargone."

Digvijaya Singh accused BJP of hiring ‘stone pelters’

Earlier, Congress MP Digvijaya Singh h said that BJP was "hiring poor people (from a minority community) to pelt stones." In a video of Singh dressing a public garing, he can be heard accusing saffron party of distracting people by creating a wedge between different communities in country. "I don't have facts, that's why I am just alleging, but I will investigate se complaints," Singh was heard saying.

Violence in Khargone during Ram Navami

Communal clashes broke out in Khargone on occasion of Ram Navami on April 10, leing to a riot-like situation with incidents of Arson and stone-pelting. A curfew was imposed immediately. Among injured was SP Siddharth Choudhary, who was hit by a bullet in his leg. Police has alrey arrested a man, identified as Mohsin aka Waseem, for firing incident.

"Toofan Singh Sikligar, who supplied arms to Mohsin accused of firing at Khargone SP, was arrested. Based on information given by him during his interrogation, six ors involved in supplying arms were also arrested. Seventeen pistols were recovered from m and six factories were busted," IPS officer Ankit Jaiswal, who has been temporarily posted to district, said.