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| affected Bangalore returns tonormal |
| Even as the violence-affected areas in Bangalore Cantonment were returning to normal
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| INDIA
, 23-January-2007
4:22:28 AM |
| Life in the riot-hit eastern part of Bangalore city returned to normal on Monday. Except for a solitary stone-throwing incident, no violence was reported from any area.
The affected areas are close to prominent commercial locations in Central Bangalore and have witnessed communal violence in the past but have enjoyed relative peace in the last two decades.
After the curfew on Sunday night, the police at dawn allowed the shops selling essential commodities to open in the violence-affected areas, including Commercial Street, Kamaraj Road, Seppings Road and Thimmaiah Road, for three hours. At 9 a.m., the police asked shops to shut citing prohibitory orders. "Get inside. Do not sit outside your house," a loudspeaker announced.
"Despite curfew relaxation not many shops opened in the morning," said Ramamurthy, a retired teacher living on Seppings Road. "There was not much time for us to purchase milk and other essentials," he added.
The situation in Seppings Road, which saw the worst of the violence over the last three days, was tense in the morning. The street was deserted barring the contingent of policemen. Barricades were put up at 100-metre intervals to check the movement of people and vehicles. At a few places, police were seen wielding lathis at people travelling in autorickshaws and two-wheelers.
By noon, the police allowed unhindered movement in the area. A Rapid Action Force company consisting of 120 personnel arrived to secure the peace. In the afternoon, a flag march was held. There were isolated cases of stone throwing on the RAF van.
The identity of the 11-year-old boy who died in the police firing on Sunday is yet to be ascertained, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) P. Muniswamy. Nobody has come to claim the body. Home Minister M.P. Prakash said the body would be kept in the mortuary of Victoria Hospital till he is identified.
The city police have arrested 65 persons and recovered 15 litres of acid stocked by the rioters.
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