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Communal Tension Reported In Uttar Pradesh On The First Day Of Navratri
Swarajya Staff
Oct 01, 2016, 05:16 PM | Updated 05:16 PM IST
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On the first day of the Hindu festival of Navratri, reports of communal tension came from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district. According to residents of the affected area, when the priest was cleaning the local temple for Navratri puja, a person from a neighbouring house threw dirty water and spilled garbage around it.
This incident caused verbal spat to break out between the two sides who then pelted stones at each other. More than a dozen people were injured in stone-pelting from both the sides including the priest of the temple were injured in the incident.
Senior officials including the district magistrate (DM) and the senior superintendent of police (SSP) reached the site of the clash and pacified the irked mobs. The DM instructed the officials to prevent any escalation of hostilities and guarantee that the prayers at the temple were conducted in a peaceful manner. Additional security was also deployed in the locality.
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