#1. Muzaffarnagar clashes: Death toll climbs to 31; PM speaks to UP CM
PTI | Sep 9, 2013, 04.04 PM IST
Army conducts flag march in Muzaffarnagar. (File photo)
LUCKNOW: The death toll in the violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas has mounted to 31.
"The death toll in the violence in Muzaffarnagar and other areas has climbed to 31," principal secretary, home, R M Srivastava told PTI.
District magistrate Kashal Raj Sharma said one person was stabbed to death by some miscreants in Meerapur town of Muzaffarnagar district on Monday.
"One person was stabbed to death and one other injured when some miscreants attacked them," Sharma said, adding that at least six people have been taken into police custody for interrogation in this connection.
Meanwhile, violence spread in neighbouring district of Shamli where 40-year-old Imam of a mosque, Maulana Umar Din, was shot dead when he was on his way to Pumali village from Butrada under Babri police station, Shamli District Magistrate PK Singh said.[. . .].
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#2.
Ajit Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad detained
AP
Policemen walk on a road scattered with bricks and stones thrown during a
communal clash in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday. RLD chief
Ajit Singh, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad and two BJP MPs were on
Monday detained by the police after they attempted to visit the
violence-hit district.
#3. BBC News -
9 September 2013
Last updated at 07:34 GMT
Indian media: Violence in Muzaffarnagar
Troops from the Indian Army have been called to control violence in Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: 90
people have been arrested and at least 1,000 people are accused in the
communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which 31 people
have been killed in the last three days. The police say they have found
swords, knives, pistols and revolvers from the riot-hit villages.
Six politicians were named among 40 people booked on Monday for inciting the violence. These included senior leaders from the BJP and Congress, at a time both parties tried to send their delegations to Muzaffarnagar.
BJP MLAs Hukum Singh, Sangeet Som, Suresh Rana and Bhartendu Singh and former Congress MP Harendra Malik were booked for participating in an incendiary farmers' Mahapanchayat in village Kawal on Saturday, which triggered the rioting.
Troops from the Indian Army have been called to control violence in Muzaffarnagar
Media in India are worried
over religious clashes in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and urge
political parties to refrain from making it an election issue.
#4. From: NDTV
Muzaffarnagar violence: 90 arrested; swords, knives and guns found in villages
Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 09, 2013 14:38 IST
Army, police patrol Muzaffarnagar, where weapons have been found in villages
Six politicians were named among 40 people booked on Monday for inciting the violence. These included senior leaders from the BJP and Congress, at a time both parties tried to send their delegations to Muzaffarnagar.
BJP MLAs Hukum Singh, Sangeet Som, Suresh Rana and Bhartendu Singh and former Congress MP Harendra Malik were booked for participating in an incendiary farmers' Mahapanchayat in village Kawal on Saturday, which triggered the rioting.
#5. From: NDTV
Muzaffarnagar riots: some villages emptied, others are refugee camps
Sreenivasan Jain (with inputs from Niha Masih) | Updated: September 09, 2013 16:26 IST
Shops set on fire in Phugana, Muzaffarnagar
Early on Sunday morning, communal violence snaked through the conglomerate of narrow, dusty streets. In this village, a two-hour drive from Muzaffarnagar, 20,000 Hindu Jat families lived alongside 2,000 Muslims.
What happened next is clear from the empty Muslim quarter today. Homes are empty, shops destroyed. A ration shop was still on fire this afternoon.
The news spread quickly to villages like Phugana and on Saturday, when politicians and others called a large rally in Kawal to demand justice for the Jats who had died, thousands of farmers responded. That evening, on their way home, they were attacked.
In Phugana, the sarpanch claims that he urged villagers not to retaliate. He says the attacks on Muslims were carried out by outsiders in the dead of the night.
The Muslims from the village angrily deny this. So far the police has nor arrested anyone from Phugana. That is why the village of Loi, a 10-minute drive away, has turned into a refugee camp of sorts.
From villages like Phugana, where Muslims were the clear minority, hundreds of families are arriving, some on foot, others packed into trucks, hoping there will be some strength in their numbers. But there is no sign of any official assistance. Food, water, and clothes are being collected and offered by the residents of Loi to the incomers.
The attacks, they say, began early on Sunday morning by their Jat neighbours. One man from Phugana says his brother was stabbed. Another woman told us that she was chased and beaten. No one came to help, they said, until it was all over.
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