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Leaders from different political parties started a blame game hours after a five-member probe team, formed to investigate the communal clashes in Saharanpur that claimed three lives last month, submitted its final report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. (
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Sources said the report has accused BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal of making provocative speeches. The report also blames the district administration and the police for not acting in time to prevent the clashes. (
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Union home minister Rajnath Singh said, "It is a report by their own political party. I have nothing to say as I have not even seen the report." (
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The clashes had left over 30 injured. The fighting had broken out over a small plot of land next to a gurudwara that members of the Sikh community began construction on. Local Muslims claim that the land belongs to a mosque. (
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Naresh Aggarwal, senior SP leader, defended the probe report.
"The report makes it clear that the riots took place due to the callous behaviour of the officers on duty. I appeal to the Chief Minister to take strict action against them," said Mr Aggarwal. (
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Mayawati, chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party, blamed both the Samajwadi Party government and the BJP for the clashes.
"We do not agree with the probe committee report. Peace and harmony was destroyed after the SP came to power. But after the BJP came to power at the Centre, it has become worse," said Mayawati.