The Sambhal communal riots in 1978 reportedly caused many Hindu families to flee from the area and shut the temples before they moved. Locals said that 25-30 Hindu families were displaced due to the riots.
The postmortem examination revealed that as many as "25 to 30 pellets" were found on Ram Gopal Mishra's body, which also had injury marks.
The BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi urged people to understand whose power has increased in the last four months and that such incidents are on the rise. He also urged people not to see threat mail, train derailment bids and other such incidents isolated.
Following the incident, the Rapid Action Force has been deployed in Mangaluru to maintain order following a protest by workers from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal over a social media post on Monday.
The Bangladeshi government said madrasa students could be engaged as volunteers to help safeguard temples during the festival. Also, it instructed law enforcement and the administration to take measures to secure puja mandaps.
Chhatarpur: Authorities demolished a Rs 10 crore illegal mansion belonging to Haji Shahzad Ali, a former Congress leader accused of inciting recent communal tensions. The 20,000-square-foot mansion, modelled after a palace from the Bollywood film "Narsimha," was built without permission.
The situation was brought under control after the police called reinforcement as the police were also attacked by the rioting mob with petrol bombs.
Alwar Police refuted the communal claim, clarifying that the individuals involved are from the same Hindu family. The incident underscores the significance of fact-checking, especially when debunking false communal narratives on social media.
Bharatpur horror: A land dispute was going on for a long time between Bahadur and Atar Singh Gurjar in Adda village which comes under the Sadar Police Station area of Bayana in Bharatpur district. Around four days ago, both the parties had filed a case against each other in this matter.
The incident occurred in Nepalgunj-- a Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke district allegedly after a Hindu boy posted a 'controversial status' about Muslims on social media. This resulted in communal tensions in the Hindu-dominated country.
Police personnel in huge numbers were deployed to control the situation in Haryana's Nuh after the clash between the two groups.
Shah who flew into a tense but peaceful Imphal on a special flight is expected to hold several rounds of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday to assess the situation and plan steps to restore normalcy.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed concern over the incidents of violence in the state.
At least three people were severely injured while several others were taken to hospital after several rounds of firing incidents.
Pragya Thakur had on December 25 said Hindus have the right to respond to those who attack them and their dignity as she spoke about the killing of Hindu activists.
Eleven people, including Idris and Aamin, have been arrested while internet was also suspended for few hours.
Jodhpur violence: The clashes were reported at the Jalori Gate intersection after some miscreants from one community put up an Islamic flag and removed the saffron flag.
This is the first judgement in a Delhi riots case.
The clash broke out at Nava Bandar village in Una taluka of Gir Somnath after an altercation over collision of two fishing boats at a jetty in the village, police said
Sunday's clash was an extension of an incident reported on Saturday, when Kamal Singh, a resident of Ahmedpura, faced comments while he was buying fruits. The matter escalated when the other side took out sharp knives.
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