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Jaipur, September 09: A minor dispute between a police constable and a motorcycle-borne couple led to clashes between the locals and the police, following which the curfew was imposed in Ramganj area, where the violence broke out. According to the reports, internet services were also suspended and schools in the curfew-laden areas have been shut down.
The sources said that the constable had assaulted the couple over some issue, following which a mob of locals gathered around the Ramganj police station and indulged in arson, setting ablaze five vehicles, including an ambulance and a police jeep, and damaged 21 others. Police fired tear gas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the mob.
When the situation went out of control, police opened fire on the agitators in which one person was killed. The Delhi Agra route through Jaipur has also been diverted.
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