Curfew imposed in Indore as 2 more killed

Bhopal, July 4 : Two more persons were killed and several others injured as violence over the Amarnath land issue continued in Indore on Friday forcing the administration to bring the entire town under curfew by late afternoon.

Four persons had lost their lives in the commercial capital of the state on Thursday. Curfew had been imposed in four police station areas of Indore since Thursday and by Friday noon, three more areas were brought under curfew.

The trouble started when the funeral procession of three Muslims was being taken out from the curfew-bound Khajrana locality. More people than those allowed by the authorities wanted to join the procession. The funeral procession of a Hindu was also being taken out around the same time.

Indore (IG) Anil Kumar claimed stones were pelted and slogans shouted when a funeral procession passed a mosque. He said women had taken the lead in stone pelting. According to him, authorities were forced to bring the entire town under curfew because trouble was spreading to more localities.

Additional SP (West) Manoj Kumar Singh told The Indian Express that two persons were killed, one each in firing and stabbing, in Juna Risala locality on Friday afternoon when the two communities clashed and resorted to violence.

Several instances of stone throwing, arson and private firing were reported from various localities, including those where curfew was in force since Thursday. Jinsi, Azadnagar , Champanagar and Raoji Bazaar were among localities that witnessed violence. IG (law and order) Sanjeev Singh said the police fired in the air in Azadnagar to scare away clashing mobs.

In Satna, Hiralal Soni, a Hindu jeweller who had set himself ablaze when Hindu activists forced him to down shutters, succumbed to his burns late on Thursday taking to seven the number of persons killed in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of violence over the Amarnath land-transfer issue.

The 28-year-old jeweler could be cremated only after the police assured the family members that action would be taken against activists responsible for his death. The family had refused to cremate his body till the activists of the Hindu organizations were not arrested. They also refused to accept the compensation money announced by the government.

Satna SP Kamal Rathore said a case of abetment to suicide had been filed in the case. He claimed FIR against specific persons could not be registered because the father could not name them. He, however, evaded a reply when told that the victim's...

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