Curfew continues for fourth day in parts of Ujjain
March 13th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANSBhopal, March 13 (IANS) An indefinite curfew remained in force for the fourth day in parts of Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh Friday, after communal violence erupted in the area Tuesday, officials said.
The university exams were cancelled while students appearing for Madhya Pradesh state education board and the Central Board of Secondary Education exams were given relaxation, official sources said.
“The situation is peaceful in Mahidpur where curfew was relaxed for two hours for women Thursday. No untoward incident was reported,” Ujjain District Collector Ajat Shatru told IANS.
“We may give some relaxation in the curfew after assessing the situation in the evening,” he added.
Indefinite curfew was clamped in Mahidpur, 200 km from here, after a youth was killed and six people, including three policemen, were injured in Tuesday’s clash.
The clash occurred after the police tried to stop people of one community from entering the area where religious programmes of another community was underway.
A compensation of Rs.100,000 was given to the family of the person who was killed in the violence.
- Curfew continues in riot-hit old Hyderabad (Lead) - Apr 09, 2012
- Curfew continues in old Hyderabad - Apr 09, 2012
- Curfew-hit Maksi town in showing signs of normalcy - Jan 03, 2010
- Curfew in Madhya Pradesh town after communal clashes - Jun 07, 2010
- Mathura communal clashes kill one (Lead) - Jun 02, 2012
- Moradabad curfew to be relaxed for 16 hours - Aug 16, 2011
- Normalcy returning to curfew bound Madhya Pradesh town - Jan 05, 2010
- No curfew for 18 hours in Moradabad now - Aug 18, 2011
- Curfew relaxed in Moradabad (Lead) - Aug 11, 2011
- Curfew imposed in old Hyderabad (Lead) - Apr 08, 2012
- Curfew relaxed for 12 hours in Meghalaya - May 13, 2012
- Curfew-hit Ujjain tense, calm - Mar 11, 2009
- Curfew in Madhya Pradesh town after one killed - Jan 02, 2010
- Curfew relaxed in riot-hit old Hyderabad - Apr 11, 2012
- Curfew on in Moradabad, no fresh violence - Aug 11, 2011
Tags: ajat, bhopal, board of secondary education, central board of secondary education, clash, communal violence, madhya pradesh, policemen, relaxation, shatru, state education board, untoward incident