Communal riot in UP: Mob sets buses, shops on fire in Kasganj, 9 arrested
Kasganj communal violence: The Rapid Action Force (RAF) has been deployed in the violence-hit areas
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Mob sets buses, shops on fire; 9 arrested, curfew in Kasganj
One person was killed and another critically injured as two communities clashed on Republic Day in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said.
The incident took place when a "Tiranga Yatra" in the form of a bike rally was taken out by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and some other Hindu organisations in the town. As they were passing through the Hulka locality -- a Muslim majority area -- some youths pelted stones on the bikers.
After that, it became a free for all and the bikers also retaliated with stones. Soon there was firing from the locality in which two persons received gun shot wounds and one succumbed in the hospital later.
An irate mob attacked vehicles on the highway, targeted public property and torched some other vehicles. Over half-a-dozen persons, including some policemen, have also been injured in the clashes. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the clash and SIT have been formed to arrest rest of the accused, according to news agency ANI.
The Rapid Action Force (RAF) has been deployed in the violence-hit areas and police patrolling has been increased.
Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar informed that the situation was under control but tense. The district authorities were keeping a close watch on the situation, he added.
Some reports suggest that the situation took a turn for the worse when in response to the sloganeering of "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai", somebody from the locality shouted "Pakistan Zindabad". This apparently incensed the ABVP workers and they also attacked the youth of that community.