PATTERN OF COMMUNAL CLASHES IN 8 BIHAR AREAS AND 2 WEST BENGAL CITIES

> March 17, Bhagalpur:

Communal clashes broke out during a procession taken out by BJP, Bajrang Dal and RSS activists. The unauthorised procession was led by Arijit Shashwat, son of Union minister Ashwani Choubey, allegedly inciting communal sentiments and roaming on the streets with weapons.

> March 24, Siwan:

A clash between two communities erupted

following an alleged effort by some people to stop a Ram Navami procession at Hassanpura.

> March 25, Aurangabad:

Communal violence erupted in Aurangabad following a stone-pelting incident during a Ram Navami procession.

> March 27, Samastipur:

Cashes broke out while a mosque was vandalised in Rosera town and some

people forcibly hoist a saffron flag on top of a minaret of the mosque.

> March 27, Munger:

Communal clashes took place after people from minority community opposed a controversial song being played and inflammatory slogans being chanted during a immersion procession of Chaiti Durga.

> March 28, Silao (Nalanda):

A dispute over a route of a Ram Navami

procession led to stone-pelting. Police fired tear gas shells to quell the mobs.

> March 28, Sheikhpura:

Members of a Ram Navami procession clashed with police after their demand to use a different route was rejected.

> March 30, Nawada:

Communal tension gripped Nawada town on Friday after a religious idol was

found damaged. Angry mobs damaged vehicles, torched shops and pelted stones at police.

> March 25/26: West Bengal:

Asansol and Raniganj witnessed violent clashes between two groups over Ram Navami processions, killing three persons. Activists of a saffron outfit allegedly clashed with police and hurled crude bombs at them after police tried to stop the clash.