Situation under control in Bhiwandi 
[ Friday, July 07, 2006 01:53:23 pmPTI ]
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BHIWANDI
(THANE): The situation in this riot-torn powerloom town of Maharashtra, where
two persons were killed in police firing and two policemen died in a mob attack,
is limping back to normalcy, police said on
Friday.
The curfew, imposed on
Wednesday, was lifted on Thursday night after the funeral of the two victims of
police firing, police said adding the situation was under
control.
No fresh incident was
reported since last night in the town even as strict vigil was being being
maintained with the deployment of SRP, RAP and other personnel to assist police
in maintaining peace in the
area.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena
supremo Bal Thackeray condoled the death of two policemen by the
mob.
Quoting Sena supremo,
Thane Mayor Rajan Vichare announced late last night that Thackery has asked Sena
Executive President Uddhav Thackeray to visit the families of the policemen and
hand over a donation of Rs 1 lakh to the families of each of the policemen
killed in the riots.
The bodies
of the policemen were taken to their respective villages in Jalgaon and Nasik
districts and cremated with full state honours, police
added.
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