Police in India’s northwestern city of Jodhpur imposed curfews on ten districts and ordered a city-wide internet blockage on Tuesday in an effort to quell a riot between local Muslims and Hindus that erupted on Monday, the Hindustan Times reported.
Jodhpur’s police force resorted to the security measures after clashes between Hindus and Muslims broke out at the city’s Jalori Gate area in the early morning hours of May 2. The altercation began after a group of Muslims allegedly raised an Islamic flag near a statue in the Jalori Gate area of Jodhpur, which is located in India’s Rajasthan state.
“Members of the minority [Muslim] community were installing Eid flags and they put up a flag on a roundabout alongside the statue of [Indian] freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa,” the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported…
