Clash effect | Curfew on in Gorakhpur

Movement of trains on the metre guage section between Gorakhpur and Gonda on the North Eastern Railway was cancelled.

Arsonists torched vehicles and set ablaze a passenger train as several BJP leaders were on Wednesday detained on their way to the violence-hit areas where authorities gave no curfew relaxation and a top police officer was transferred.

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Movement of trains on the metre guage section between Gorakhpur and Gonda on the North Eastern Railway was cancelled after some unidentified elements set ablaze a passenger train at Tulsipur in Balrampur district late on Tuesday night, police sources said in Lucknow.

Two buses and some hutments of members of a particular community were also set on fire in Behrampur in the week hours on Wednesday, they said.

Hindu Yuva Vahini acvitists allegedly set on fire an ambulance and tried to burn Varanasi-bound Godan Express train at Mau, the sources said. Violence had erupted on Monday after the arrest of local BJP MP Yogi Adityanath the previous day.

Tension prevailed in Basti town, neighbouring Gorakhpur, after some persons set on fire a buried tazia at Karbala late on Tuesday night, they said.

BJP leaders--former Union minister Santosh Gangwar, Dharmendra Deo and Satyaprakash Ahluwalia-- sent to Gorakhpur by the BJP central leadership, were arrested from Gorakhpur-bound Vaishali Express, a report from Barabanki said.
With no relaxation in curfew in Gorakhnath, Kotwali, Rajghat and Tiwaripur, new SSP SK Bhagat warned that those found indulging in violence would be arrested under the National Security Act.