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Bioara fast returning to normal
WITH THE situation fast returning to normal, curfew was relaxed for a
WITH THE situation fast returning to normal, curfew was relaxed for a total of nine hours in Bioara town in Rajgarh district in two spells on Saturday.
As no untoward incident had been reported during the curfew relaxation from 12 PM to 5 PM, the period was extended up to 7PM, District Collector G P Tiwari said. Earlier, curfew was relaxed for two hours from 7AM to 9 AM. Curfew was clamped in the town on Wednesday following arson and violence in the wake of mounting communal tension after removal of a poster relating to a religious congregation.
A total of 60 people had been detained in connection with the violent incidents and 43 of them have been remanded to jail. Police and Rapid Action Force personnel were patrolling the sensitive areas.
Meanwhile, MPCC President Subhash Yadav was not allowed to visit the curfew-bound areas on Saturday.
While seeking action against the guilty and compensation to the affected, in a memorandum submitted to the district authorities, Yadav alleged that the BJP was attempting to create riots in different parts of the state on “Gujarat pattern”. The administration under BJP regime was being run by RSS, he added.
