Fresh communal clashes broke out in Muzaffarnagar district Wednesday evening as Muslims and Jats from neighbouring villages shot at each other, killing three Muslim youths and wounding several.
In a separate incident in Foghana, about 25 km away, a Hindu woman was killed after unidentified persons attacked her and her husband while they were returning home on a motorcycle. Police sources said they were yet to establish a link between the two incidents.
Sixty-three people, 46 of them Muslim, were killed in the first wave of violence in the region last month. Thousands continue to live in relief camps after fleeing their villages in the aftermath of the clashes.
The Jats belonged to Mohammadpur Raisingh village, which is under the jurisdiction of Bhaurakalan police station, while the victims belonged to Hussainpur village, which is under the jurisdiction of Budhana police station.
Hundreds of angry villagers surrounded the Budhana police station Wednesday evening following the killings and police were trying to defuse the situation late into the night.
Five companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary and police personnel from neighbouring districts have been rushed to control the situation.
"Rajendra Fauji of Mohammadpur Raisingh village was working in his field when a group of men from the adjacent Hussainpur village attacked him. But he somehow managed to escape and informed residents of his village who rushed to the spot armed with firearms," Uttar Pradesh Additional DG (Law & Order), Mukul Goel, told The Indian Express.
He said residents of Mohammadpur Raisingh village spotted the group from Hussainpur running towards a thicket close to Rajendra's field and they fired at them. "The other group retaliated and both groups fired at each other, killing three Muslims from Hussainpur," he said.
In a separate incident in Foghana, about 25 km away, a Hindu woman was killed after unidentified persons attacked her and her husband while they were returning home on a motorcycle. Police sources said they were yet to establish a link between the two incidents.
Sixty-three people, 46 of them Muslim, were killed in the first wave of violence in the region last month. Thousands continue to live in relief camps after fleeing their villages in the aftermath of the clashes.
The Jats belonged to Mohammadpur Raisingh village, which is under the jurisdiction of Bhaurakalan police station, while the victims belonged to Hussainpur village, which is under the jurisdiction of Budhana police station.Hundreds of angry villagers surrounded the Budhana police station Wednesday evening following the killings and police were trying to defuse the situation late into the night.
Five companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary and police personnel from neighbouring districts have been rushed to control the situation.
"Rajendra Fauji of Mohammadpur Raisingh village was working in his field when a group of men from the adjacent Hussainpur village attacked him. But he somehow managed to escape and informed residents of his village who rushed to the spot armed with firearms," Uttar Pradesh Additional DG (Law & Order), Mukul Goel, told The Indian Express.
He said residents of Mohammadpur Raisingh village spotted the group from Hussainpur running towards a thicket close to Rajendra's field and they fired at them. "The other group retaliated and both groups fired at each other, killing three Muslims from Hussainpur," he said.
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