போபாலில் இந்து முஸ்லீம் கலவரம் - 2 பேர் பலி

போபாலில் இந்து முஸ்லீம் கலவரம் - 2 பேர் பலி
காஷ்மீரில் இந்து கோவிலுக்கு நிலத்தை கொடுத்துவிட்டு, இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் எதிர்த்ததால், வாபஸ் வாங்கிய காஷ்மீர் அரசை கண்டித்து இந்துக்கள் கலவரத்தில் இறங்கியதால், மதக்கலவரம் உருவானது.


UPDATE 1-Two dead in Indian religious riots over Hindu land
Thu Jul 3, 2008 6:27pm IST Email | Print | Share| Single Page[-] Text [+]
(Recasts with clash, changes dateline, previously NEW DELHI)

BHOPAL, India, July 3 (Reuters) - A scattered strike over the transfer of forest land to a Hindu shrine turned violent in central India on Thursday, with two people killed and dozens injured in religious clashes, police said.

Strike supporters shut down transport and businesses in several Indian states, as protesters blocked roads, smashed vehicles and stopped trains.

They were protesting against the government of Indian Kashmir for reversing a decision to transfer forest land to a shrine trust in the Muslim-majority part of the state.

The government was forced to back down after Muslim protesters shut down Kashmir last week over the transfer of land, a move that has angered thousands of Hindus in India.

On Thursday, authorities imposed curfew in Indore, a town in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, where two people were killed when Hindu groups clashed with Muslim residents, forcing police to open fire and lob dozens of tear gas shells.

A Muslim trader was seriously injured after he set himself on fire when a Hindu mob beat him up and ransacked his shop in a remote town in the state, police said.

Hindu protesters have demanded that land be allotted to Hindus for building temporary shelters built for Hindu pilgrims who visit Amarnath cave in Kashmir every year to pray by an ice stalagmite considered holy.

In the eastern state of Bihar, supporters of the Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who called the one-day strike, blocked trains and damaged vehicles in the capital Patna. Continued...