Muzaffarnagar riots : Curfew relaxed in riot-hit areas, Toll inches towards 50

September 12, 2013
Bhadrapad Shuklapaksha 5, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

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Muzaffarnagar : With the situation gradually returning to normalcy, the district administration on Wednesday decided to further relax curfew for four hours from noon in three curfew bound police station police areas of riot-hit district.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that curfew would be relaxed for four hours from 12 noon. Death toll in the clashes in the district and adjoining towns has climbed to 41.
The district administration on Wednesday reviewed the situation afresh and decided to relax curfew to facilitate the locals to procure items of their requirement.
A close watch was being maintained during the period the curfew was relaxed with the police and paramilitary forces on high alert. The administration had imposed curfew in Kotwali, Civil Lines and Nai Mandi areas of the district on Saturday last following communal flare up.
During the curfew relaxation, no untoward incident was reported, said a senior district official.
Yesterday, curfew was relaxed for over two hours in the same three police station areas of trouble-hit Muzaffarnagar.
A total of 41 people have lost their lives in the clashes in various districts of western Uttar Pradesh. Besides Muzaffarnagar, two deaths have been reported from Meerut, one each are reported from Hapur, Baghpat, Saharapur and Shamli.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has given a financial assistance of Rs 15 lakh to the wife of a news channel reporter, who was killed during the riots.
Source : Indileak

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