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Curfew lifted in Aligarh

ALIGARH: Curfew was lifted here on Tuesday following restoration of normalcy in all parts of the old city that were rocked by communal violence 12 days ago, officials said. They said the curfew clamped in five police station areas after violence erupted in the town on April 6 had been lifted due to the improvement in the situation.

More than 300 teachers of the Aligarh Muslim University have meanwhile called for a ``time-bound judicial inquiry'' into the riots that claimed six lives and left more than 20 seriously injured.

They said in a statement that ``unprovoked firing'' by police had led to the killing of four persons belonging to the minority community ``instead of following the procedure of firing in the air and using rubber bullets''.

The statement also condemned the reported remarks of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP Vice-President Kalyan Singh Kalyan labelling Kanpur zone Inspector-General of Police Rizwan Ahmad an ``ISI agent''.- PTI.

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