10-14-2005, 05:52 AM
Can you imagine ? Those cruel hindus splashed colours for crying out loud..
http://in.news.yahoo.com//051013/43/60jo9.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chhattisgarh town tense as Hindus, Muslims clash
By Indo Asian News Service
Raipur, Oct 13 (IANS) Communal tension threatened to escalate Thursday in a Chhattisgarh town with thousands of people gathering in different places, a day after Hindus and Muslims clashed during Dussehra celebrations.
Police in Kanker town, 180 km from here, described the situation as 'very tense' and clamped prohibitory orders after fresh trouble Thursday.
One group allegedly set on fire five shops belonging to another community, police sources said. A baton charge by the police resulted in eight people being injured Thursday afternoon.
Twenty people of both communities have been arrested for violating prohibitory orders and indulging in arson during which two vehicles were damaged.
<b>The trouble began Wednesday when some Hindus in a Dussehra procession splashed colour on a few Muslims, said a top police official.
'The minority community retaliated today setting on fire shops owned by Hindus in Kanker town,' he added. Kanker is also the district headquarters.</b>
Extra security forces have been sent to Kanker but the situation was described as serious with thousands gathering in the town.
The police presided over a meeting of senior religious leaders of both communities to control the situation. But the effort failed with the leaders walking out of the meeting accusing each other of stoking the trouble.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://in.news.yahoo.com//051013/43/60jo9.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chhattisgarh town tense as Hindus, Muslims clash
By Indo Asian News Service
Raipur, Oct 13 (IANS) Communal tension threatened to escalate Thursday in a Chhattisgarh town with thousands of people gathering in different places, a day after Hindus and Muslims clashed during Dussehra celebrations.
Police in Kanker town, 180 km from here, described the situation as 'very tense' and clamped prohibitory orders after fresh trouble Thursday.
One group allegedly set on fire five shops belonging to another community, police sources said. A baton charge by the police resulted in eight people being injured Thursday afternoon.
Twenty people of both communities have been arrested for violating prohibitory orders and indulging in arson during which two vehicles were damaged.
<b>The trouble began Wednesday when some Hindus in a Dussehra procession splashed colour on a few Muslims, said a top police official.
'The minority community retaliated today setting on fire shops owned by Hindus in Kanker town,' he added. Kanker is also the district headquarters.</b>
Extra security forces have been sent to Kanker but the situation was described as serious with thousands gathering in the town.
The police presided over a meeting of senior religious leaders of both communities to control the situation. But the effort failed with the leaders walking out of the meeting accusing each other of stoking the trouble.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->