Communal tension in UP: Hapur on edge after clashes
  • 5 years ago
The constant communal tension in Uttar Pradesh shows no sign of abating. The tensions have now spread to Hapur, where prohibitory orders remained in place following clashes on Thursday.At least six persons were injured in the clashes, two of them seriously. The clashes between members of two communities started after a scuffle between two students at a school in Bahadurgarh town in the district.Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Crpc were clamped in the whole area."There was a scuffle between two class nine students of Lal Bahadur Shastri Inter College at Bahadurgarh," Additional Superintendent of Police, Hapur, Sudhir Kumar Singh said.Both the students sustained minor injuries and were brought to the police station after treatment, a police spokesman in Lucknow said.ASP Singh said that after the skirmish between the two boys, rumours spread following which people of the two communities clashed with each other hurling bricks.Attempts were made to set a shop on fire but it was foiled by the police, he said.Heavy police force has been deployed in the area.The spokesman said an FIR has been lodged and seven members from both the sides were arrested.

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