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Probe ordered; NSA likely to be invoked
Hindustan Times
|February 11, 2024
Main culprits in the Haldwani violence that left five dead are likely to be booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), police said on Saturday, with the Uttarakhand government ordering a magisterial inquiry into the clashes between police personnel and protesters over demolition of an allegedly illegal madrasa.
Violent clashes erupted in Banbhoolpura area of Haldwani district on the evening of February 8, when civic authorities razed two structures - Masjid Mariam (mosque) and Abdul Razzaq Zakaria madrasa alleging that they were illegally built on state government ("nazool") land. As workers from the Haldwani Municipal Corporation and Nainital administration razed the 20-year-old structure, residents of the area set afire several vehicles, a police station and hurled stones at the demolition team as well as police personnel, according to police.
The violence has left at least five dead, so far, and left over 150 injured.
This story is from the February 11, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.
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