Red alert in U.P. districts

LUCKNOW, DEC. 10. The Uttar Pradesh Government has sounded a `red alert' in all the sensitive districts, following a series of communal clashes in Rae Bareli and Moradabad.

Patrolling has been intensified and senior officials were monitoring the situation, the Director General of Police, Mr. M.C. Dwivedi, said here today.

Claiming that the situation was under control, the DGP said the RAF and the PAC have been deployed to prevent any untoward incident. He said only a wall at a vacant land was demolished by someone in Moradabad, which created tension last night. Some explosions and firing were reported from Moradabad. No one was injured.

He said the authorities in Aligarh and Rampur had been directed to be alert.

The situation in Rae Bareli was normal and no untoward incident had been reported during the past couple of days, he added.Meanwhile, tension prevailed in the city as members of two communities indulged in stone-throwing, arson and firing after the news of demolition of a religious place in Galshahid area last night.

Police said the situation was tense but under control. The Rapid Action Force and the Provincial Armed Constabulary had been deployed in the sensitive areas.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Rajnikant Mishra, said the rival groups threw stones at each other, and later indulged in arson and firing. The violence continued until this morning. A few persons were injured.

- UNI

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