Chandigarh: Curfew was today clamped in Gurdaspur city following heightened tension between Shiv Sena activists and some Sikh youth.
"Curfew has been imposed in Gurdaspur City after tension mounted between some Shiv Sainiks and other youths, including Sikhs," Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Mohinder Singh Kainth told Press Trust of India over phone here.
He said that the Shiv Sainiks had given a call for Gurdaspur bandh on Thursday in the wake of registration of cases against some persons following clashes during Punjab bandh on Wednesday.
In order to disperse the two groups, police allegedly opened fire in which one person died and another was injured, sources said.
"We are verifying the facts whether the person was injured during the firing," he said.
Police also cane-charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the mob, sources said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner said that the situation was "under control". Yesterday, normal life was crippled across Punjab which witnessed sporadic violence during the day-long shutdown, called by radical Sikh outfits, to protest the scheduled hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the former Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case.
"Curfew has been imposed in Gurdaspur City after tension mounted between some Shiv Sainiks and other youths, including Sikhs," Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Mohinder Singh Kainth told Press Trust of India over phone here.
He said that the Shiv Sainiks had given a call for Gurdaspur bandh on Thursday in the wake of registration of cases against some persons following clashes during Punjab bandh on Wednesday.
In order to disperse the two groups, police allegedly opened fire in which one person died and another was injured, sources said.
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"We are verifying the facts whether the person was injured during the firing," he said.
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Police also cane-charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the mob, sources said.
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Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner said that the situation was "under control". Yesterday, normal life was crippled across Punjab which witnessed sporadic violence during the day-long shutdown, called by radical Sikh outfits, to protest the scheduled hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the former Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case.
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