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Communal tension in Bihar town over torn posters Last Updated : 04 Apr 2017 01:46:52 PM IST (File photo)
Communal tension gripped a town in Bihar on Tuesday after religious posters were torn by anti-social elements a day ahead of the Ram Navmi festival on Tuesday, police said.
According to police, security forces have been deployed in the town and the situation is under control.
Hundreds of people on Tuesday morning blocked national highway 31 to protest and demanded action against anti-social elements involved in tearing religious posters in Nawada town, about 150 km from here.
The situation took a communal colour when some youths of another community pelted stones at those demonstrating near Sadbhavna Chowk in Nawada.
"Both slogan shouting groups clashed and pelted stones at each other. They broke the glasses of vehicles and set a few shops ablaze," Superintendent of Police Vikas Barman said.
"When the situation went out of control, the police opened fire to disperse the mob," he said.
Barman said the situation is tense but under control now. "The district administration is fully alert."
According to a police official, union minister Griraaj Singh, who is the BJP MP from Nawada parliamentary constituency, was present in the town at the time of the incident.
"Soon after being informed about the incident, Singh reached the site and appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony," he said.
Nawada district magistrate Manoj Kumar said a preliminary inquiry suggests the dispute was a result of a report that religious posters were torn by some anti-social elements. It took a communal turn later.
"The administration has begun a probe into the matter and deployed adequate security forces at all sensitive places," Kumar said.
Communal tension erupted in Nawada in 2013 after an altercation between a group of kanwarias (Hindu pilgrims) and another community over the menu of a roadside eatery.IANS For Latest Updates Please-
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