One killed in Bareilly violence

Updated on: 23 July,2012 09:32 AM IST |
Agencies |

At least one person was killed and several injured late Sunday when communal violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Monday. Curfew has been clamped in the city

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Trouble erupted when some Muslims objected to music being played by the Kanwariyas or the Shiv devotees who were returning from Haridwar.

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Outraged, the Kanwariyas resorted to violence, vandalized shops and public property and set on fire many vehicles in the Jogi Navada locality, a police officer said.u00a0

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One person was killed in the firing in Math Chowki area.

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According to police, at least two dozen people were injured in the violence that broke out in many parts of the city and continued past midnight.u00a0

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Hundreds of people emerged from their houses in Shahdana area while a police team was attacked in Azamnagar.u00a0

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Many policemen, including the superintendent of police (SP), were injured in the stone pelting.u00a0

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Police lobbed tear gas shells at the mobs but could not contain the violence.

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Senior police officials, including the Additional Director General of Police Jag Mohan Yadav, rushed to Bareilly early Monday morning to contain violence and restore normalcy.

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The Bareilly district administration has clamped curfew in the city.

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Soldiers of the provincial armed constabulary have been deployed at several sensitive localities, an official told IANS.

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