Bareilly (UP): Security forces on Sunday
patrolled the streets while a chopper kept an aerial vigil on
this communal violence-hit city where curfew remained clamped
for the 12th day in most areas.
"Though situation is tense, it is completely under
control and no incident of clash or violence has been reported
from any part of the city since morning," they said.
However, as a preventive measure curfew has not been
relaxed.
Security forces including Rapid Action Force and
police marched in the trouble-hit areas of the city this
morning.
"As of now curfew continued in five of the six police
areas -- Prem Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Kotwali, Baradari and Qila
--and aerial monitoring is being done regularly to tackle
any emergency situation," they said.
Around 30 shops were allegedly torched in Qutubkhana
sabzi mandi, one of the oldest market in the city, yesterday.
However, the district administration later claimed
that fire broke out due to short circuit.
Curfew was clamped in the city on March 2 following
communal clashes over a barawafat procession. Since then
sporadic incidents of violence and arson had been taking place
at different places in the city.
After large scale violence on Friday in which several
shops and vehicles were torched by a mob, heavy force has been
deployed through out the city to avert further trouble.
PTI
