Rajasthan: A Muslim man was shot dead while his brother sustained injuries after assailants opened fire at them in Bhilwara city, police said on Thursday. In a recent development, the police detained two of the accused in the murder, SP Adarsh Sindhu said. Meanwhile, internet services had been suspended across the city for the next 48 hours after the attack.
The police called the incident revenge killing as four bike-borne assailants opened fire on the brothers to avenge the murder of Adarsh Tapadia. Tapadia was killed six months ago. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Hawa Singh Ghumaria said, "Additional police force has been deployed in the city as a precautionary measure even as mobs were said to have gathered at various places."
Family members of the victims and their supporters vandalised the hospital after one of the victims of the attack succumbed there during treatment, police said. His injured sibling has been referred to Udaipur for treatment, they said. Hawa Singh said that the district SP and his team are tracking security arrangements in the area.
Inspector General of Ajmer range is being sent to Bhilwara and the situation in the city is completely under control, he said. Police force has been deployed in the city at several places, including Mahatma Gandhi crossing, Badla Chauraha, Bhimganj, CT Kotwali. The assailants are being searched for. Additional Superintendent of Police Jyestha Maitreyi said that in the afternoon, four unidentified people on two bikes surrounded Ibrahim Pathan alias Bhura, 34, and Qamaruddin alias Tony, 22, at Badla intersection and shot three rounds at them. Ibrahim died while undergoing treatment, she said.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the men were shot to avenge Adarsh Tapadia's murder. In May this year, Tapadia was stabbed to death in the city during a fight that arose out of an old rivalry between two groups. After his murder, Bhilwara was gripped with fears of communal violance, even as police arrested three minors, as well as half a dozen other people. On the appeal of Hindu organisations, the city was shut down then.
(With inputs from agencies)
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