Prophet remarks row: CM Bommai call emergency meeting, Curfew imposed this state

Following the protests over Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, remarks row: CM bommai call emergency meeting, Curfew imposed this state. Karnataka chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai call emergency meeting with state home minister and Police officers in Vidhana Soudha.

Curfew has been imposed in violence-hit areas in Ranchi for Prophet remarks row,  informed Ranchi District Administration. As per police, the city-wide protest has been continuing since morning and picked up tempo post-Friday prayers. Many shops and establishments in Ranchi were shut on Friday protesting against the remarks.

In a bid to control the irate mob, police fired in air besides resorted to lathi-charge during which, some of them were injured. “Few policemen have been injured. We are looking into the situation. We are reinforcing deployment,” a senior police official told media.

Heavy security deployment has been made to manage the situation and avoid any untoward incidents. The protestors have been demanding the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks.

Gujarat Shops and markets closed in Dariyapur and Karanj. Protests were also observed in some areas of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Vadodara on Friday. Shops and markets in Muslim-dominated Dariyapur and Karanj areas here remained shut as part of the protest.

Similar protests were also witnessed in West Bengal when hundreds of protesters blocked roads in different parts of the Howrah district. The agitators even clashed with the police personnel at Dhulagarh, Panchla and Uluberia when they tried to lift the blockade on National Highway-6.

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Police had to baton-charge to disperse the crowd at Dhulagarh and Panchla, where the demonstrators pelted stones in retaliation, causing damage to nearby cars.

Meanwhile, protests erupted outside Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid. Later, the protesters were dispersed from the spot after the intervention of the police. The Police force and CRPF have been deployed in the area now. Protests were also held outside Aziziya Masjid at Mehdipatnam junction, Hyderabad today.