The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other organisations such as Bajrang Dal called for a statewide ‘bandh’ over the violence in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district, on Monday, April 10th. The BJP workers, who have lent support to the violence have requested the people to shut their businesses. A 22-year-old, Bhuneswar Sahu was killed in the violence between the two groups in the village. During the incident, three police personnel were also injured. 

 “Today, shutting of business has been called by VHP and the Bajrang Dal. All the Police Stations have been deployed by an additional police force. Some extra patrolling has also been provided and almost 400 police officers have been deployed in all the police stations,” said Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police. “We’ve got details that they plan to hold a ‘chakka jam’ at three to four locations. We will try to disseminate them as soon as possible,” mentioned by the police officer. The BJP district president said the decision for a shutting of business was mandatory because of the violence in the state. He further added, BJP is supporting their decision of shutting the business. 

Indira Kalyan Elesela, the superintendent of Police in Bemetara  said “A bandh of the state has been called tomorrow in regard to yesterday’s incident. We are ready for this. We hope everything remains peaceful. We are completely ready, the crowd has been controlled by installing barricades at many places.” Saja Vidhansaba was the place where the incident of the death of Bhuneshwar Sahu took place. There were consistently eight cases of love jihad in that particular area and Sahu Samaj was creating public awareness regarding  Love Jihad as a crime. Meanwhile, an infliction of Section 144 in the area amid heavy police deployment. 

On Sunday, the last rites of Bhuneshwar were performed, who died in the clash. According to the police, As the preliminary information a fight broke out between the children belonging between two groups in Biranpur village, and afterwards , tension increased and turned into a clash between the group members. The Police have investigated the case and so far arrested 11 people in connection with the violence in Chhattisgarh.