Situation under control in curfew-bound areas in Ratlam

Five policemen and two journalist were injured in the violence last night,he said adding that the injuries were not of serious nature.

A meeting of the District Peace Committee was also held in which representatives of both the groups were prevailed upon to ensure normalcy in their respective areas,he said.

Besides Commissioner,the meeting was also attended by the Inspector General (IG) Pavan Jain and Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Mayank Jain among others.

The Commissioner hoped that things would become normal by tomorrow in the curfew-bound areas.

After some unidentified persons defiled a religious place,groups of people set ablaze a number of vehicles,leading the police to fire several rounds in the air,fire teargas shells and cane-charge to control the situation,official sources said.

As the tension mounted,the local administration first imposed Section 144 (banning assembly of people) and later placed the affected areas under curfew.

Additional forces were called from neighbouring districts for deployment in the curfew-bound areas of the city.