Stone pelting, arson, and vandalizing of vehicles and shops, forced the administration to impose Section 144 and deploy additional police forces to bring the situation under control in Tarana town of Ujjain district.
Delhi Police have arrested six more individuals in connection with the Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid stone-pelting case following the removal of encroachments near Turkman Gate, taking the total arrests to eleven.
Reacting to the demolition drive, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that the whole land belongs to the Waqf.
There were reports of stone pelting at showrooms even as political parties supporting the bandh claimed that it was successful.
Reacting to the incident, Hindu hardliner BJP MLA from Huzur constituency of Bhopal, Rameshwar Sharma, and MP Sports Minister Vishwas Sarang responded with scathing comments against the Muslim community on Tuesday.
The cars of Ministers - RK Roja and Jogi Ramesh - were attacked along with that of the TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy. All of them had to be rescued by the police in the ruckus created by Jana Sena activists.
The police have arrested three people while detained 37 in connection with the incident.
The incident is said to have occurred on Sunday just before the conclusion of the procession.
"Later, a mob gathered outside the police station tried to damage police vehicles. Mob also pelted stones at police officers. six cases were registered, and 40 persons involved in this violent activity were arrested. A probe into the matter is underway,"
the government decided to withdraw 100 companies - 40 companies of the CRPF and 20 companies each of the BSF, the SSB and the CISF with immediate effect. All the companies have been asked to revert to their respective locations.
