Palamu

Mehboob Khan attacked one of the Hindus who were engaged in preparation for the Mahashivratri festival in Palamu, starting the violence

This comes after violence erupted at Panki Bazar in Palamu of Jharkhand over a welcome gate being built ahead of Mahashivratri celebrations.

Hindus have revealed that the Jharkhand police are targeting them rather than the Muslims, who are the true perpetrators of the Palamu violence

Locals say that there are backward and Dalit people living in the area. That is why Islamists often harass them.

Following the February 15th incident in Palamu in Jharkhand ,local Hindus have said that the attack against Hindus by a Muslim mob was pre-planned

Muslim mob indulged in violence over the installation of welcome gates by Hindus ahead of Mahashivaratri in Palamu of Jharkhand.

Kamlesh Singh, however, asserted that Hindus were being attacked with stones and petrol bombs from the mosque's rooftop. "It was neither a Friday (Jummah) nor there is a big Muslim population," Kamlesh Singh remarked, hinting that it may have been planned. 

The stone pelting and arson in Palamu caused injuries to a dozen of people including 6 policemen.

The incident is said to have happened on Monday afternoon in Murumatu village in the area around the Pandu Police Station. Frightened by the attack, as many as 50 people reached the Pandu Police Station and sought justice against the Islamists.