It’s only noon, but local residents warn of safety concerns due to recent violence in Dimani, a constituency in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, part of the Gwalior-Chambal region. “You should not roam here for long. Leave as soon as you can as the tensions might increase here,” says Lakhan Singh Nishad, a commercial driver.
Amid heavy electioneering in Dimani, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the violence on the night of November 3 has stirred up tensions. What started as a dispute between two friends over playing loud music on a tractor ended with gunfire, with Aidal Singh Gurjar allegedly killed by some men from the influential Tomar community. Following protests and demands for action by the deceased’s family and villagers, the administration bulldozed the houses of the accused on November 4.
Dimani police Station House Officer Udaybhan Singh Yadav said that one of the accused has been arrested, while eight others are on the run. “We have deployed security in the victim’s village,” he said.
