Aurangabad riot: 2 dead, 40 injured, Section 144 imposed; top developments

Clashes break out after the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation cuts water connection in one of the city's areas owing to non-clearance of bills

Two persons died and around fifty others, including a dozen policemen, were injured as clashes broke out between two communities in Aurangabad city in central Maharashtra last night, police said.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said this evening that the situation was now under control.

The district administration has clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure banning assembly of people and suspended Internet services, said a senior police official.

One of the deceased was a 17-year-old youth who allegedly died in police firing, while the other was a 65-year-old man who was trapped in his house when an adjoining