BHOPAL, Feb 3: Police fired tear gas and used batons on Friday to prevent Hindus from entering a religious site in central India sacred to both Hindus and Muslims, an official said.
Police later clamped a curfew on most parts of Dhar town, Madhya Pradesh state.
“A curfew has been imposed in Dhar where police had to use batons and lob tear gas to disperse devotees seeking to enter the disputed premises beyond the permissible time,” said the senior police official.—AFP
