After the violence rocked the eastern Maharashtra city on Monday night, the police imposed a curfew around 4.30 am on Tuesday, which continues to be in force in several areas, including Kotwali, Ganeshpeth and Lakadganj, where only essential movement is allowed, officials said.Security forces are patrolling 11 highly sensitive locations in the city, and checkpoints have been set up across the city, they said.To maintain law and order situation, personnel of Quick Response Teams and Riot Control Police are stationed in the affected areas, and barricades have been set up to block roads leading to riot-hit zones.Shops in curfew-affected areas remained shut throughout the day, they said.Earlier in the day, the VHP said it won’t tolerate any attempts to glorify Aurangzeb and claimed the violence in Nagpur a day before was pre-planned.The administration should take stern action against those responsible for clashes and invoke National Security Act (NSA), VHP Vidarbha Prant Sah Mantri Devesh Mishra told reporters.He also rubbished claims of a ‘chadar’ with holy inscriptions being burnt during protests led by VHP and Bajrang Dal in Nagpur, which apparently triggered clashes.
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