The state of affairs continues to be tense in Biranpur village of Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district on Sunday, a day after a conflict between members of two communities left one useless and three policemen injured. So far, 12 individuals from each side have been arrested within the case, officers accustomed to the matter mentioned.

The violence in Biranpur, situated round 60 km away from Bemetara city, allegedly erupted after a combat between schoolchildren. More than 700 police personnel have been deployed within the district to forestall any untoward incident, the official mentioned, including that each one roads resulting in the world have additionally been barricaded.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has known as for a statewide bandh on Monday even because the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the kin of the deceased blamed the police for the incident.

Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has appealed for peace. “The incident is unfortunate and those who are guilty will be punished as per law,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, amid tight safety, the final rites of Bhuvneshwar Sahu (24), have been carried out by his members of the family and villagers on Sunday.

“The final rites of the deceased man were performed peacefully.The law-and-order situation is still not normal in the village for the future. The administration and police officials will review the law-and-order situation following which further action plans to maintain peace in the village,” Bemetara collector PS Alma mentioned.

Meanwhile, members of the family of the deceased Sahu demanded capital punishment for accused.

“The murderers of my son should be given death punishment,” mentioned Ishwar Sahu, father of the deceased.

He added that the incident might have been averted had the police acted in time. “For a long time, they had been planning to target Hindus in the village.”