LUCKNOW: One person was burnt alive and another shot dead in a Hindu-Muslim clash in Dewat Township in Bulandshahr district of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh Thursday official reports here said.

The clash took place as one person was shot dead in a dispute and 200 to 300 members of a community came out and burnt four jeeps killing one of their occupants.

The situation was officially stated to be “tense” but “under control” Additional police forces have been deployed.

Article extracted from this publication >> May 10, 1991