Curfew has been imposed for a week in some areas.
At least 800 Army jawans along with 38 companies of paramilitary forces are patrolling the riot-affected areas in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.
The situation in the rural areas of the district continues to be tense, with fresh clashes in the Shahpur police station area today.
Police have arrested more than 30 people so far. The death toll in the clashes between two communities has risen to twelve with 40 others injured.
Two Army columns have also been moved to the adjoining Shamli district following reports of tension there. A section of the Delhi-Dehradun highway has been closed.
Following the clashes, Uttar Pradesh has been put on high alert. The state government has decided to continue the curfew in the affected areas of Muzaffarnagar for a week.
Violence broke out in the Kawal area of Muzaffarnagar yesterday when members of a community returning from a panchayat meeting in Naglabadhod, three kilometres from Kawal, clashed with members of another community. (
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Police say they are probing if prohibitory orders were violated in holding that panchayat.
The police have also registered cases against 299 others for promoting enmity on religious grounds after they posted a fake video claiming it showed the young men being killed on social networking site Facebook. (
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Rajesh Verma, who worked as a freelance television journalist, was reportedly caught in the crossfire at Meenakshi Chauraha. In Sekeda village, a photographer who the police had hired, was beaten to death.
The Akhilesh Yadav government has been facing flak over the rising incidents of communal violence in Uttar Pradesh - at least 30 since he assumed power in March 2012.
Detractors say the deployment of Army also reflects poorly on the state administration's ability to impose law and order.
In its defence, the ruling Samajwadi Party has quoted a Home Ministry review which says communal violence in the country is the rise to polarise voters in an election year.
National elections are due by May 2014.