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Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura remains tense with the imposition of a curfew and at least five deaths after violence following the demolition of an “illegal” mosque and madrasa on Thursday last week.
Roads leading to the locality are heavily barricaded and the area is being manned by over a 1,000 security personnel. The Pushkar Singh Dhami government has vowed strict action against “miscreants”. And the police have arrested 25 persons in three FIRs and claimed to have seized at least seven pistols as they try to nab those who they say clashed with security personnel last week.
Newslaundry met several locals from Banbhoolpura in Krishna Hospital, who accused the police of arbitrary action.
An 18-year-old, who has been diagnosed with a skull fracture, alleged that the police entered his house on Saturday and thrashed him with lathis. “They kept saying that I was pelting stones on February 8. I asked them how this was possible when I was at work? But they did not listen to me.”
He wasn’t the only one.
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