30 injured in communal clash in Meerut

timesofindia

Apr 25, 2011

MEERUT (Uttar Pradesh): A communal clash over a cleric in a mosque being roughed up led to at least 30 people, including 10 policemen, being injured, police here said Monday. Seventeen people have been detained.

Violence erupted late Sunday in Qazipur village after a group of youngsters allegedly manhandled the imam of a local mosque. In protest, some members of the Muslim community took to the streets, torched several commercial establishments and roadways buses.

As the news spread, tension gripped other areas with members of both communities indulging in vandalism, arson and pelting stones at each other. When prevented, members of the warring groups also attacked policemen in Zakir Colony and set a police outpost on fire.

Police had to use teargas to disperse the protesters.  Read more…

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Meerut (hindî : मेरठ – ourdou : میرٹھ) est une ville de l’État indien de l’Uttar Pradesh, capitale de l’une des 18 divisions territoriales de cet État et chef-lieu du district homonyme.

~ par Alain Bertho sur 25 avril 2011.

Publié dans दंगा, émeutes, riots