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Aminabad, Qaiserbagh limping back to normal
Express News Service

Lucknow, March 5: The trouble-torn areas of Aminabad and Qaiserbagh, where anti-Bush demonstrations took a communal turn claiming four lives last week, limped back to normal today with no untoward incidents being reported.

Meanwhile, one police officer was suspended and two others transferred in connection with the clashes, said official sources. The additional superintendent of police and the additional district magistrate have been transferred while the SHO, Aminabad, has been placed under suspension for laxity.

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Keeping in view the improvement in the situation, the State education board has decided to go ahead with the examinations in Kaiserbagh and Aminabad areas where they were postponed yesterday, according to PTI reports.

The government has already ordered a high-level inquiry to probe into the causes of the incidents and laxity, if any, on the part of the administration in promptly dealing with the situation. The two-member committee comprising Agriculture Production Commissioner N C Bajpai and Additional Director General (PAC) Bua Singh is expected to submit its report in two days.

The panel visited the riot-hit areas today. They met several residents and shopkeepers in both the areas. They also visited the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to meet the injured persons.

PAC and Rapid Action Force personnel continued to be deployed in the affected areas. Eight other companies of the RAF have been kept as reserve for deployment as per the need, said official sources.

FIRs have been filed in connection with the rioting. Some persons have been detained and interrogations are on.

Meanwhile, markets and cinema halls in the affected areas wore a deserted look today. Shopkeepers were wary about re-opening their shops.

‘‘Kaiserbagh and Aminabad are the two prominent markets of Lucknow. The closure of shops for two days would definitely result in heavy losses for both the shopkeepers and State Government,’’ said UP Udyog Vyapar Mandal president Banwari Lal Kanchan.





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