Haldwani (Uttarakhand)/IBNS: Two people died and at least 250 injured in a violence triggered by the demolition of an illegal madrasa and an adjoining mosque in Haldwani, Uttarakhand on Thursday, media reports said.
Haldwani (Uttarakhand)/IBNS: After more than 50 policemen were injured in a clash with a mob in Uttarakhand's Haldwani when they went to bulldoze a madrasa that the authorities declared illegal, the District Magistrate has now imposed a curfew in Banbhoolpura and issued a shoot-on-sight order for rioters.
The suspension order, issued by Dehradun District Magistrate Sonika, followed allegations that two fire tenders sent from the local fire station to douse the fire at Tiuni area had soon run out of water and went for refill to a place a few kilometres away