Communal tension gripped the Bangarmau area of Unnao district when members of a particular community tried to tumble down the wall of a religious place late in the night on Sunday.
The police said the root cause of the dispute was the clash between two groups following an attack upon a person of one community at a religious place in the area. The tension escalated further with members of one community tried to bulldoze the wall of the religious site.
As the news spread, the people of the locality got scared. They informed the police about the ongoing. The local cops informed their seniors and additional police force was sent to the site to contain the tension. later, prohibitory orders were imposed in the area to maintain the peace. Heavy police force is camping in the area as precautionary measure. The cops are trying to sort out the issue also.
In another incident of group clash in Deoria district, two groups clashed with one another after they had a spat over cremation of a body near a religious place.
According to reports, some men were going to cremate a body at Kamhariya village, when the members of the other community raised objection. They alleged that the other community was occupying their land and converting it into a crematorium ground. They also said that the land belonged to a religious place.
The matter could only be pacified, when senior police officials rushed to the site and mollified the protestors. An investigation was underway.