Currfew imposed in effected areas
AMN WEB DESK
Police resorted to tear gas shells after local people hurled stones and set vehicles on fire following the demolition of a madrasa in Haldwani.
Additional forces have been called to Haldwani. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has called for a meeting with senior officials.
Communal tension gripped the area of Nainital district this evening following the demolition of madarsa that was acoording to local authority was illegally constructed on government land in the Banbhulpura area.
According to officials, a joint team from the Nainital district administration and local civic authorities undertook the demolition on Nazool land, leading to a violent backlash from enraged locals.
According to reports situation escalated quickly as angry residents began pelting stones at the police and officials, setting up barricades, and torching vehicles. Some police officers and district administration officials sustained injuries from the stone pelting.
The district administration has imposed a curfew in the restive Banbhulpura area and all roads leading to it have been barricaded.
The state government also issued orders authorising law enforcement to use lethal force against unruly elements and even shoot rioters on sight.
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami convened an emergency meeting to review the escalating situation. Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Director General of Police