Jamner Violence Report

Jamner Violence
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{18th June 2002}

The Jamner Violence that killed 5 people and injured many affected overall communal harmony in the Jalgaon region. This report is a overview of different media reports about Jamner mishap. The date mentioned below is report date that is day after date.
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28th November:
Jamner Violence: 47 Charge-sheeted surrenders to Court:
The 18th June Jamner Violence's 47 Charge-sheeted have surrendered to Court in Jalgaon and have been sent to Sub-Jail. They will request for bail today.
Around 100 more Charge-sheeted are still wanted and Police has sent investigation team for the same.

19th June:
Communal Violence kills 5peoples:
In a sudden violence that spread all around Jamner, 5 people were killed and more than 100 were Injured. The violence started with some anti-social elements trying to hurt feelings of another community. The violence began on Tuesday afternoon and it took dangerous shape in the evening. 2 Police Sub-inspectors were also injured in this mishap.
Out of 5 people killed, 2 were burnt alive and 3 dead due to heavy injury. The dead includes a lady also. Many shops were fired and due to this heavy financial loss have been estimated in entire Jamner. The Police as a precaution has imposed indefinite curfew in the Jamner and are continuously patrolling all around the city. The violence spread in remote rural places of Jamner like Pahur and Neri also. More than 50 activists of different groups have been arrested in the connection.
District Collectorate has issued a press note urging people to be calm and maintain the peace in the area. Some political parties have called of 1 Day "Band" in entire Jalgaon district on 20th June, tomorrow.

20th June:
Entire Jalgaon district to remain closed on 20th:
To protest against Jamner Mishap, the VHP, BJP, Shiv Sena and other parties have called one-day strike today in the entire Jalgaon district. Due to this strike all the major schools and colleges will also remain closed and day-to-day life in the district will also be paralysed.
Meanwhile the Jamner continued to be tensed on the second day also. The indefinite curfew is still going on in the Jamner city and 5 deaths have been reported. Police have arrested more than 200 people including the local politicians. The state government officials visited the Jamner's hit areas and have ordered magistrate Enquiry into the mishap. The government will be paying Rs. 2lakhs to the families of victims of the mishap. In all the officials have estimated a loss of around 78lakh rupees in the Jamner City.

21st June:
Jalgaon District Close evokes mixed response:
The Jalgaon District one-day closure called by VHP and other political parties evoked mixed response. The "Bandh" was to protest against "Jamner Issue". The Jalgaon City remained closed for most of the day and the interior taluka places evoked mixed reactions of closure.
Minor incidents of Stone-throwing were reported in some areas. No death has been reported due to these incidents.
In Jamner also, 1.5hrs relaxation was allowed in Curfew from 6pm to 7.30pm. People purchased their necessary goods in this period and the curfew is still going on.

22nd June:
Deputy Chief minister to visit Jamner:
The Jamner tension is still ON. Last day some ministers from state government visited the Jamner city and took overview of situation. Today Deputy Chief minister of state is also coming to Jamner.
Meanwhile the Curfew still is going on in Jamner. A Relief of 3hrs was allowed in Curfew on last day. Situation seems to be in tension but still under control. Police is on High alert. Officials feel that Situation will slowly normalise. Some senior officers from Jalgaon have been transferred to another locations and new officers are coming up. Due to this the police is going to be more watchful and on alert.

23rd June:
Jamner Curfew still going on:
The Jamner city is still in control of police and curfew is still going on in the city. In all 4hours of relaxation was allowed in curfew and police has shown satisfaction of situation in the relief time. Police is thinking of lifting up daytime curfew by today or tomorrow. Situation is still in tension but under control and police is in full charge of situation.

Violence marks the Weekend:
The last week was marked with Historical Jamner Violence. It has been second time in the history of Maharashtra after Malegaon that such a big communal violence has occurred. The Jamner issue as seen started with a religion base but then burnt by politics.
In all there has been heavy financial loss for Jalgaon district that is already under recession of business due to in all market condition. Loss of more than 80lakhs has been estimated for that mishap.
Considering volume of business in Jamner, it will take Jamner more than 3months to recover from this sort of loss. Moreover due to this surrounding business areas will also be hit because Jamner has been mostly dependant on Jalgaon city for its trade.
It will be very difficult scenario for Jalgaon district, which is already under low-volume trade since last year. Many big businesses are already under financial stress and some of them are on verge of bankruptcy. In such situation Jamner will head many businesses of Jalgaon towards declaration of Bankruptcy.

24th June:
Jamner daytime curfew withdrawn:
Making a move towards normalisation, Jamner's daytime curfew has now been lifted but nighttime curfew will still remain until situation becomes normal. On Sunday, the curfew was imposed from morning 10am to evening 5pm and there were no reports of any incidents in this period.
From today, all schools and market will open up in Jamner. The real situation will come to view once this markets opens and shows its response to the mishap. If everything goes normal today and no incidents occurs then Police will lift the curfew within a day or two.

25th June:
Jamner remains silent on the first day of Curfew relaxation in daytime.
After a weeklong violence, Jamner was in full business flow. The entire daytime curfew was lifted. Banks, colleges and schools witnessed heavy rush. Especially banks were full of people willing to withdraw some amounts and colleges were full for admissions.
No incident has been reported in the entire day. Administration is happy with the scenario and is willing to allow more relaxation in curfew time.

25th June:
Government appoints Deputy collector for Jamner Violence Enquiry:
Government has appointed Jalgaon's Deputy collector for enquiry in the Jamner violence. The enquiry will begin in this week and will be completed in one week.

26th June:
Government appoints Deputy collector for Jamner Violence Enquiry:
Government has appointed Jalgaon's Deputy collector for enquiry in the Jamner violence. The enquiry will begin in this week and will be completed in one week.

27th June:
Jamner Violence: 55 arrested sent on Judicial Custody:
55 people were sent on Judicial Custody in connection with Jamner violence that killed 5 people and many were injured. Many people in the danger zone have shifted themselves to safer places and Jamner is currently in peace and under total control.

28th June:
Jamner back to business:
After a weeklong violence, Jamner is now backing to its business with full flow. Since this Wednesday the daytime curfew was relaxed and people are in doing their day-to-day work now. Markets have slow money movement but it's picking up everyday.

30th June:
Jamner nighttime curfew still continues:
The nighttime curfew still continues in the Jamner even after two weeks. Government enquiry is still going on and is expected to submit report this week.

01st July:
Jamner curfew relaxed up to 8pm:
Considering easing tension in Jamner, the administration has lifted curfew restrictions from 6am to 8pm in night. Until now it has been 7pm.

02nd July:
Minority commission president to visit Jamner:
State Minority Commission president Khandvani is scheduled to visit Jamner to review Jamner violence issue.

11th July:
Jamner is still burning, night-time curfew again imposed:
With communal violence hitting Jamner last week, the flames are still on. This week one person was killed by a group of people. Normal business is going on properly in Jamner but people are still tensed and are not freely mixing in each other.
Considering this tension the police has re-imposed curfew from 7pm in night to 6am in morning. Police is making strict checking all around in the city to avoid some non-favourable circumstance that can fuel to Jamner issue.

17th July:
Jamner is changing:
With arrival of Jain Saints in Jamner, the city environment is changing. Last day a Welcome rally of more than 1500 people was conducted peacefully in the city. With this changing scene now city is changing and people have welcome this new change.

21st July:
Jamner is getting back to normal life:
With tension easing day by day, Jamner is now turning back normal. Saturday witnessed mass participation of people from all religions on the eve of "Rath" Festival.
Considering this changing scenario the police may ease the nighttime curfew from today.
Saturday turned to be a day of pilgrimage to entire Maharashtra with millions of people prayed "Vithoba" in Pandharpur and thousands in Pimprala, Jalgaon's 125-year-old "Rath" Festival.

30th July:
45 questions on Jamner issue:
District Police has send 45 questions answer to Jamner issue. These answers will be presented in forthcoming monsoon session of State Assembly.

01st August:
Jamner's night-time Curfew lifted:
To control the 18th June violence, the Jamner city police had imposed night time curfew. Now the night time curfew has been lifted with effect from 31st July night.
The business community and people of Jamner have welcomed the decision.

08th August:
Police to build Unity dam in Jamner:
In order To harmonise communal unity and diversity, the Police is building up a Unity dam on "Kang River" in Jamner. The dam will symbolise the diversity of Indian culture and will clean up the barrier created by the 18th June incident. It will also help people of Jamner in supply of Drinking water.

30th August:
Jamner magistrate level enquiry from 4th September:
Magistrate level enquiry on Jamner violence that caused lives of many people and disturbed the communal harmony is being held on 04th & 05th September in Jamner and 12-13th September in Jalgaon.

14th September:
Police files charge sheet in Jamner violence case:
Police has submitted charge sheet on 269 people in the 18th June Jamner violence that caused lives of many people and spread communal violence region. Out of these 269, only 73 have been arrested.

24th October:
Jamner Violence: 66 released on Conditional Bail:
The 66 Charged in Jamner Violence case have been released on bail last day. Out of 66, 27 were released by Bombay High Court while 39 were released by Jalgaon District Court. All were released subjected to conditional entry at different places as ordered by Court.

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