Six killed in Haldwani violence; Admin says it's a 'planned attack'
Haldwani | New Delhi | Lucknow: Six people were killed in the violence that broke out over the demolition of an «illegally built» madrasa, officials said on Friday as curfew remained enforced in Uttarakhand's Haldwani town. Seven people, including a journalist, were under treatment at three different hospitals. Three of them were said to be in a serious condition. Others had been discharged.
A day after violence in Banbhoolpura locality of Haldwani town, the administration started examining the video footage captured by CCTVs to identify the miscreants who attacked the administration team, including cops.
On Thursday, a district administration team went to Banbhoolpura locality to remove encroachments from government lands. The team demolished illegal structures, including a madrasa. Miscreants attacked the policemen and government officials, besides destroying several vehicles parked outside the police station, the officials said, adding they not only pelted stones and lobbed patrol bombs, but also attacked the police station in the area. Several vehicles, parked outside the police station, were set on fire.
Addressing a press conference on Friday morning, Nainital DM Vandana Singh termed the incident as a «planned conspiracy».
«The riot on Thursday was totally unprovoked and the handiwork of unruly elements who were not trying to protect the structures being demolished but were targeting the authorities, the state machinery, law and order,» Singh told reporters. She said police dispersed the «stone-pelting and
