Editor’s Note
This report details a shocking incident where a seemingly trivial argument over tea escalated into reckless gunfire and public unrest in a Jodhpur village. It underscores how quickly local disputes can spiral into violence, endangering community safety.
In Jodhpur, a village along the Jaisalmer Highway was thrown into panic after a dispute over tea escalated into indiscriminate gunfire. The incident occurred at a hotel in Lohardi Dejagra village under the Jhunwar police station area. Some youths who had stopped at the hotel for tea got into an argument and subsequently fired 10 to 15 rounds into the air. Enraged villagers vandalized one of the miscreants’ cars, after which the assailants fled the scene in another luxury vehicle.
During the investigation, police recovered some live and empty cartridges from the crime scene. According to police, three youths arrived in a car at the hotel around 2:30 AM. A local youth was sleeping at the hotel at the time.
The youths in the car tried to wake the sleeping youth by calling out to him so they could have tea. When he woke up, an argument ensued with the three youths. The youths in the car started assaulting him, prompting the local youth to flee. He then called and summoned 8-10 villagers to the hotel.
The youths in the car also made calls and brought four to five more youths in a luxury car. The two groups confronted each other and began fighting.
As the situation worsened, the villagers surrounded the miscreants’ car and vandalized it extensively. At that point, the youths who arrived in the luxury car pulled out weapons and began firing indiscriminately into the air. They fired approximately 10 to 15 rounds.
The villagers were frightened by the gunfire, and taking advantage of the chaos, all the miscreants fled in the luxury car.
Police from Jhunwar police station in Jodhpur arrived at the scene and began their investigation. The identities of the assailants who fired the shots have been established. They are reported to be residents of Joliyali village but have not been apprehended yet.
No FIR has been registered in this matter so far. Police are questioning some suspects. The car damaged in the vandalism has been brought to the police station. It is suspected that the car might be stolen.