Tight security arrangements in Mau
[ Friday, November 04, 2005 01:13:19 pm PTI ]
MAU:
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in this riot-torn town in view of
Eid festival today even as curfew was relaxed in the morning to facilitate
offering of special prayers.
No
untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the district, police sources
said here.
The main prayers
were offered at the Shahi Katra Masjid grounds amidst tight security
arrangements, sources said adding prayers were offered at several mosques in the
town.
Curfew would be relaxed
from 0900 to 1700 hours, they said.
There
was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the district during
curefw relaxation, police said adding security personnel, however, continued to
maintain a strict vigil in the affected
areas.
Arranagements have been
made to distribute essential commodities to the people in the curfew-bound
areas, sources said.
Curfew was
imposed in the town following communal clashes during Dussehra festivals in
which 12 people were killed and over 40 others injured.
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