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3 injured in clash

By Our Special Correspondent

AHMEDABAD Feb. 1. Three persons were injured and five kiosks set afire in a communal clash in the Jamalpur locality here this afternoon. Trouble started over an altercation in a barber's shop in the Fulwali Gali area. One person was allegedly attacked with a sharp weapon outside the shop. His condition is reportedly critical.

The incident attracted the attention of the people belonging to the victim's community, who came out in large numbers and indulged in stone-throwing. People from the rival community also gathered on the spot and attacked each other. Five kiosks were set on fire. The mob, however, dispersed as soon as police reached the spot.

Police claimed that the attack was due to personal rivalry but it assumed a communal tone later.

Council plea to NHRC

The All-India Christian Council, meanwhile, has drawn the attention of the National Human Rights Commission to the alleged failure of the Ahmedabad police to take action against a restaurant owner who allegedly beat up a Christian boy, causing serious injuries.

The joint secretary of the council, Samson Christian, said the boy had carried out electrical works during Diwali at the restaurant.

The owner owed him Rs. 2,400. On January 19, the boy went to collect his payment but the owner and another person beat him up. His head hit the road and the doctors at the V. S. hospital declared that he had suffered a haemorrhage in the brain, paralysing one side of his body. A case was registered with the Navrangpura police by the boy's father but police had failed to take any action in the last 12 days.

Mr. Christian said a delegation of the council had also called on the Police Commissioner, K. R. Kaushik, demanding action against the police inspector in-charge. Though Mr. Kaushik had transferred the case to the Gulbai Tekra police station, the perpetrators were yet to be booked.

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