Rudrapur violence: Curfew relaxed for two hours

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 05, 2011, 17:14

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Dehradun: Curfew was relaxed today for two hours in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur town where communal clashes on Sunday left four persons dead and scores injured.

It was relaxed from 1200 hrs to 1400 hrs and the period passed off incident-free, said DIG (Udhamsingh Nagar) Abhinav Kumar.

Police and Rapid Action Force are keeping a high vigil in vulnerable areas, he said adding a bid to strip a woman in Rudrapur town was foiled.

Indefinite curfew was imposed in the town after communal clashes over an alleged act of sacrilege left four persons dead and scores injured. Mobs also torched five shops and several vehicles.

PTI

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First Published: Wednesday, October 05, 2011, 17:14

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Junaid - Khatima
worse situation for minority muslims in this city.

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Junaid - Khatima
worse situation for minority muslims in this city.

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Gurpreet singh - Rudrapur
The tension began on early in the morning, when a Muslim man claimed to have spotted a torn religious book outside his house in Bhadiapura area of Rudrapur. Soon, a large mob of Muslims gathered and marched towards the police station. They thrashed sub divisional magistrate VS Budiyal who tried to pacify them and requested them to disperse, but they refused to comply. Then they started beating the policemen who came to the SDM`s rescue. The situation became so bad that the police had to open fire to protect itself. The extended mob had in the meantime started going on a rampage and beating up Hindu shop keepers and passers by. More than 40 Hindu shops, four buses and one police vehicle were set ablaze by the out of control mob, which was bent on inflicting as much civic damage as it could get away with. The police has done an excellent job in acting quickly and containing the further spread of this foolish violence.