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Curfew relaxed for 5 hrs, cop hurt in fresh clash
Tribune News Service & PTI

Muzaffarnagar/Lucknow, September 11
With the situation showing improvement, curfew was relaxed for five hours today in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar while Baghpat witnessed a communal clash leaving a constable injured.

Two bodies were recovered from the Ganga canal taking the death toll in the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar to 38, said ADG (Law and Order) Arun Kumar, adding that 67 persons were injured in the violence and 408 persons arrested.

The ADGP said two suspects, Vikram Saini and Mukarram, have been detained under the stringent National Security Act.

Two deaths have been reported from Meerut, one each have been reported from Hapur, Baghpat, Saharapur and Shamli.

A gun, 41 cartridges of AK-47 and 17 other cartridges were seized during house-to-house searches in a village in Baghpat, the police said.

Knives, daggers and swords were also recovered during the searches launched by the police in Tirthal village. In a clash between two communities, a gunner of a Circle Officer sustained head injuries during stone-pelting.