Jabalpur (MP): A 33-year-old man was killed and six others were injured when two camps clashed over an objectionable picture of Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi that was circulated over whatsapp.
Condition of five injured is said to be serious.
While one group has alleged that the clash took place inside the police station, the top cops have denied the same.
The clash broke out during early hours of Thursday and in the clash Umesh Verma who sustained injuries succumbed to his wounds at a hospital here, while undergoing treatment.
It is said that Congress corporator Jatin Raj had created a group named ‘Vijay Nagar Friends’ on WhatsApp for people to stay connected in his locality and on the same group a local youth named Prashant Nayak allegedly posted a photo in the WhatsApp group, which showed Sonia washing utensils.
It had caption, which read that Sonia has been reduced to doing this by PM Narendra Modi.
As per police, the two groups gathered at Ahimsa Chowk little after last midnight and after an altercation they fought it out.
In the meantime, acting on a tip-off the police reached the spot and asked them to come to police station to sort out their differences, said police sources.
However, the Jatin Raj faction has said that when the two groups reached police station, an alleged altercation took place between them and one Umesh Verma was stabbed, who was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
They have demanded police to make public the footage of CCTV camera at the police station to bring out the truth.
