Bihar's Nawada back to normal after communal tensions flared up over idol vandalism

Normalcy restored today morning in Nawada town of Bihar after communal tensions had flared up last night between two religious communities.

Communal tensions flared up in Nawada after an idol of the Hindu deity Hanuman was vandalised near the bypass of the Bihar town on Thursday night.

Heavy police has been deployed in the town after it fired ten rounds at the conflicting members.

The SWAT Commandos of Bihar Police today conducted flag march in the town to restore normalcy.

Cars were vandalised and shops torched in the Bihar town as members of the Hindu and Muslim community clashed with each other.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh is an MP of Nawada.

Agitating members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal demanded the installation of a new idol and arrest of the accused who vandalised the original one.

Taking a jibe at the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "Mohan Bhagwat was in Patna and planned Ram Navami, impact of which can be seen now."

"CM Nitish Kumar works under pressure from the BJP," he added.

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