03-19-2006, 12:23 AM
<b>Leaders appeal for peace in Navi Mumbai </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->After three days of violence in Navi Mumbai on the outskirts of India's commercial capital, there are signs that the situation may be returning to normal.
Leaders of two communities who were involved in the violence appear to have made peace after the police agreed to conduct an enquiry into the police firing on Thursday in which three people were killed.
The two groups embroiled in the violence belong to the <b>Mathadis </b>and the <b>Agari </b>communities.
The violence started a day after Holi when the Agaris allegedly attacked the Mathadis. <b>Both groups are Maratha sub-castes</b>.................
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The patch-up comes after the state government ordered an inquiry into the<b> police firing </b>on Thursday that killed three people.
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Leaders of two communities who were involved in the violence appear to have made peace after the police agreed to conduct an enquiry into the police firing on Thursday in which three people were killed.
The two groups embroiled in the violence belong to the <b>Mathadis </b>and the <b>Agari </b>communities.
The violence started a day after Holi when the Agaris allegedly attacked the Mathadis. <b>Both groups are Maratha sub-castes</b>.................
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The patch-up comes after the state government ordered an inquiry into the<b> police firing </b>on Thursday that killed three people.
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