Maharashtra: Curfew in Amravati city expanded to 4 more towns

AMRAVATI: The curfew in Maharashtra’s Amravati city was expanded on Sunday to include four more towns in the district after local BJP leaders staged a protest during a bandh, police said.
Meanwhile, a total of 50 people were arrested by the police in connection with back-toback incidents of stone-pelting that took place in Amravati city on Friday and Saturday.
On Sunday, the situation in Amravati remained peaceful as eight battalions of the State Reserve Police Force and additional number of police personnel were deployed in the city, district guardian minister Yashomati Thakur said.
On Saturday, a curfew was clamped in Amravati city for four days and Internet services were shut down after a mob hurled stones at shops during a bandh allegedly organised by local BJP workers in protest against the rallies organised by Muslim organisations the day before, police had said. The curfew is now expanded to cover Morshi, Warud, Achalpur and Anjangaon Surji towns of Amravati district.