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Following this, a curfew was imposed to maintain law and order, he said.
The rally was being taken out on the occasion of ‘Nav Samvatsar’, the first day of Hindu New Year. “Arson took place in the tension, which erupted with stone-pelting on the rally while it was passing through a Muslim-dominated area. At least one bike and one shop have been torched,” a source in the police control room said.
“Curfew has been imposed. Additional police force has been deployed to maintain law and order,” Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, district collector, Karauli, said.
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