The communal violence claimed 77 lives last year in UP.
While the data for this year is still being compiled by the Union Home Ministry, a rough estimate put the number of communal clashes reported this year to around 65 in which at least 15 people lost their lives.
In Saharanpur, where clashes broke out between two communities on Saturday, three persons were killed and 33 injured so far.
Uttar Pradesh also recorded a maximum of 360 people being injured in these incidents in 2013.
The state also registered a maximum of 118 communal incidents in 2012 in which 39 people were killed and 500 were injured.
Maharashtra came next with 88 communal incidents last year followed Madhya Pradesh (84), Karnataka (73), Gujarat (68), Bihar (63) and Rajasthan (52).
A total of 823 such incidents were reported from across the country last year. A total of 133 people were killed and 2,269 injured in these incidents.
During April-June this year, the most number of communal violence incidents were reported from Uttar Pradesh (32) followed by Maharashtra (26), Rajasthan (18) and Madhya Pradesh (17).
A total of 149 communal incidents were reported across the country in April-June this year.
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