Muzaffarnagar: 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.
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. (Read)
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. (Read: Communal violence on the rise, says Centre)
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.
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.
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.
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. (Read)
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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. (Read: Communal violence on the rise, says Centre)
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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.
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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.
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