Post riot: City tense, but under control  [ Sunday, March 05, 2006 01:50:54 am TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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LUCKNOW:
A day after four men were killed and eight others injured in a communal riot,
situation was tense but under control on
Saturday.
Curfew-like situation
continued in certain parts of the city and there was heavy deployment of PAC,
RAF and civil police. Police force from neighbouring districts was also pressed
into service.
Meanwhile, the
last rites of the four dead was performed. Six cases has been registered
relating to the violence, according to district magistrate RN Tripathi.
In a joint press conference,
the DM and the SSP gave details of how the incident occurred and the steps taken
since then.
However, it
appeared to be more of an exercise to cover up the laxity on the part of the
administration in taking timely preventive action...
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