Mumbai, Dec 06: Curfew in trouble-torn Khamgaon town in Buldana district of Maharashtra continued for the fourth day today even as the situation was normal and under control, police said. "No fresh incident of violence was reported from anywhere during the last three days and the situation is normal and under control," Khamgaon police told news agencies here.

However, unlike last two days, the curfew was not relaxed in morning hours today, police said, adding it would continue till further orders as a precautionary measure.
Yesterday, curfew was relaxed for six hours from 8 am to enable people to buy essential things.

Curfew was clamped on Tuesday in Khamgaon, a major cotton trading centre of West Vidarbha, after a youth was injured after being hit by an autorickshaw. The accident led to an heated argument between the injured and the autorickshaw driver and soon supporters of both sides got engaged in a clash, police said.

The mob resorted to stone pelting in which nine cops were injured. Police then cane-charged and opened fire in air to quell the clashing mob.

Security in sensitive areas is still stepped up, police added.
Bureau Report