Udaipur stabbing: Tension eases, boy’s home bulldozed

Claude D'souza
Udaipur: A day after protests and communal tension erupted in Udaipur following the stabbing of a schoolboy by another of a different religion, the city stumbled back to normalcy, with markets reopening and police maintaining vigil. All restrictions on movement of people and traffic have been withdrawn.
A team of three doctors were flown from Jaipur to Udaipur to treat the injured boy, whose condition, district collector Arvind Poswal said, was stable.
Following the incident, the accused boy has been detained and his father arrested. With the victim’s family pressing for stringent action, the district administration on Saturday afternoon bulldozed the rented accommodation in which the accused boy and his family lived.
Divisional commissioner Rajendra Bhatt’s orders to suspend mobile internet services for a period of 24 hours from 10pm on Friday remained in force in Udaipur city, Bedla, Badgaon, Bleecha, Debari, Eklingpura, Kanpur, Dheekli and Bhuwana. All govt and private schools in Udaipur also remain shut.
On Friday, a mob set fire to cars and pelted stones amid communal tension following the stabbing incident outside a government school at Bhattiyani Chohatta.