A 26-year-old man, Tarun, died following a violent Holi clash between two long-standing feuding families in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, leading to the arrest of seven people, including a minor, and heightened community tensions.
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Days after a 26-year-olddied after being brutally beaten up due to a dispute that had erupted between his family and neighbours, who belong to a minority community, during Holi celebrations in southwest Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, seven people, including a minor, were apprehended, police said on Saturday. Tarun was beaten up with rods near the corner of his lane after unknowingly walking into a dispute that had erupted earlier between his family and neighbours. He died during treatment the next day. Provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act were also added to the FIR on Saturday, police said.
The incident, which took place on March 4, sparked tensions in the area with an angry mob damaging several vehicles and setting them on fire. Protests over the past two days prompted heavy deployment of police and paramilitary personnel in the area. However, father of the victim demanded a CBI probe on Saturday, alleging that the family was not informed about the progress of the investigation.
“Police told us that five or six people have been arrested. We asked them to show us who had been caught, but they did not do so. I demand a CBI inquiry,” he was quoted as saying to media.
A Water Balloon Landed Wrong
On Wednesday, around 11.09 pm, a call was made to the Uttam Nagar Police Station, reporting a quarrel between neighbours belonging to different communities in the area’s JJ colony. The two families had known each other for the past five decades and got into rows over parking and garbage disposal, among other things, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Kushal Pal Singh said.
“Both families are originally from Rajasthan. Earlier, they used to live in the Rajendra Nagar slum and shifted here after 2004,” Singh said.
