Curfew has been lifted from the outer a⭕reas of this violence-hit Uttarakhand town, but it remains in force in the Banbhoolpura area that witnessed arson and vandalism by a mob over the demolition of an illegally-built madrasa on Thursday.
Stores on the outs🅷kirts of the 🐻city opened for business on Saturday, while schools are still shut.
"Pat꧟rolling is continuously being done in the affected area and the situation is under control,♛" Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Law and Order, A P Anshuman, who is camping in Haldwani, told PTI Videos.
The officer informed that five people involved in Thursday's violence have so💫 far been arrested and three FIRs have been filed..
Internet services continue to be suspended to prevent rumours from spreading through 💝social media platform෴s.
The ADG mentioned that despite the ongoing curfew 🥃in the Banbhoolpura area, residents are permitted to purchase essential items intermitte⭕ntly.
The movement of trains up to Kathgodam has also been resumed, he🎉 added⛄.
No fresh untoward incident has been ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚreported from anywhere, the officer confirmed.
Six rioters were killed in Thursday's ܫviolence, as per latest reports.
More than 60 people were hurt on Thursday as locals hurled stone🔯s and petrol bombs at municipal workers and police, forcing many police personnel to see♐k refuge in a police station, which the mob then set on fire.
Seven people, including a jour💖nalist, were under treatment on Friday at three different hospඣitals. Three of them were said to be in a serious condition.
