Four Detained After Relatives Stone Ambulance Carrying Dead Man In Joura

Stone-pelting on ambulance after death during treatment in Joura

Morena: A commotion broke out in Joura after Munshi Gurjar, who had been injured in a dispute, died during treatment. His relatives stopped the ambulance carrying his body outside the Joura police station and pelted it with stones, demanding the arrest of the accused and the addition of more charges against them.

The stone-pelting broke the ambulance’s glass windows. An attempt was also made to block the road. The incident led to a commotion that continued for 30 minutes. Police took four people into custody in connection with the disturbance and stone-pelting.

According to the information available, a dispute had taken place between two groups in Chanchul village, under the Joura police station area, on 14 October. Police had registered cross-cases on the complaints filed by both sides.

Munshi Gurjar was injured in the dispute and was undergoing treatment at a hospital. He died during treatment on Sunday morning.

After the post-mortem examination at the hospital, his relatives were taking his body to the village in an ambulance. When the ambulance reached the area in front of the Joura police station, the relatives stopped it.

The relatives demanded that the charges against the accused in the case be increased and that the accused be arrested immediately. During the protest over these demands, some of the relatives pelted the ambulance with stones, breaking its windows.

The incident then led to a prolonged disturbance outside the police station. Police detained some of the people involved in the commotion and stone-pelting. The total number of people taken into custody was reported as four.

Joura SDOP Mohit Yadav said that the ambulance had been pelted with stones by the deceased’s relatives. He said that some people who created the disturbance had been caught.

Yadav said the body was later sent to the village along with the other people. He said that a dispute had taken place between the two sides, in which the injured person died during treatment.

The Joura SDOP said further action was being taken in the case.