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Mathura Riots: Uneasy calm; two
officials transferred
Monday June 04, 2012 10:26:58 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government has transferred two senior officials in Mathura
following communal riots that left four people dead, an official
said.
Mathura District Magistrate (DM) Sanjay Kumar and Senior
Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dharamveer were transferred late
Sunday.
According to a government spokesperson, Alok Tiwari has been
appointed as the new DM and N.R. Padmaja is the new SSP of Mathura.
The two officials have been dispatched to the troubled district
with clear instructions that the violence must not happen again
and that the culprits who sparked it should be brought to book, a
home department official told IANS.
No violence was reported Monday.
Violence broke out last week in Kosi Kalan region of Mathura.
While rioters went on rampage for more than eight hours, torching
vehicles, business establishments and schools, firing at each
other, the police failed to act on time, leading to escalation of
violence.
The communal frenzy left four dead and tarred the image of the
two-month-old Akhilesh Yadav government.
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