Curfew relaxed in riot-torn Aligarh

Aligarh, June 11: Curfew was relaxed in all the five police station areas in this riot-scarred city for 10 hours today.

The relaxation was given after the situation returned to normalcy, police said. Curfew has been relaxed in Delhi Gate, Sasni Gate, Kotwali, Banna Devi and Gandhi Park police station areas between 0700 hrs and 1700 hrs.

Curfew was imposed here on May 28 after communal flare up following the murder of a local BJP leader O P Gupta. Three people, including the BJP leader, had died during the violence while police arrested over 300 people under various sections of IPC.

Meanwhile, a meeting of the peace committee was on to ensure that calm returned to the city. Aligarh has witnessed violence on two occasions in as many months.

UNI