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Army ordered to shoot at sight: Fresh violence in Calcutta : Death toll rises to 950

Delhi bans VHP, RSS, 3 other religious parties
NEW DELHI. Dec 10: The Centre tonight banned the Bajrang Dal. Jamiat-e-lslami Hind, Islamic Sevak Sangh and the Vlswa Hindu Parishad, an official announcement said here, reports PT1.
This has been done under the Unlawful Activities (prevention) Act, 1967.
Meanwhile, army was ordered to shoot at sight in Calcutta and Kanpur, police opened fire at four places in Bombay and widespread clashes hit Ghaziabad, near here, as violence kindled by
the Ayodhya incident escalated today claiming 170 lives and hiking the toll to 950
However, in some other parts of the country the situation showed signs of improvement.
In West Bengal, 10 people were killed today — nine In the metropolis and one at Kharagpur — pushing the toll to 19. Army moved In to take control and began combing operations tn the worst-hit areas of Banlapukur, Kataya, Tangra. Entally, Taltala, Park Circus. Bellaghata, Manlktala. Tlljala and Metiaburz in the
evening.
The otherwise busy streets of Calcutta, after a brief respite, were again gripped by an eerie silence as fresh inci dents of mob frenzy, stabbing and arson rocked the city since midnight last night. Curfew, lifted for ten hours yesterday, was clamped again for an Indellnite period.
The situation In Uttar Pradesh remained grim, accounting for 151 deaths. Shoot-at-stght orders were issued as 25 people, inchiding seven members of a family, were killed in escalated vio-
lence tn Kanphir today Increas Ing the toll to 40. Violence, rioting and looting spread to suburbs Including Naubasta Barra. Juhl, and Kidwainagar, where the situation was reported very tense .
Army staged a flag march tn Ghaziabad, near here, where two persons were killed as widespread violence broke out.
The situation tn ctirfew bound Varanasi district also remained very tense following outbreak of violence in Lohta Bazar. Dhanntpur and Mahamoodpur villages which
has left 20 dead. More than 250 houses were set ablaze after the demolition of a place of worship in Lohta Bazar.
The situation in Faizabad too, was described as 'tense' but under control.'
In Maharashtra, which showed signs of improvement yesterday, the situation deteriorated today taking the death roll to 250, as Bombay remained the worst affected with 140. Police opened fire in four places in the city to drive away mobs indulging in rioting.
The Centre advised all" states to take the help of the army wherever necessary an official spokesman said tonight.
The spokesman said that the Home Minister, SB Chavan has been in touch with Chief Ministers of various states and since last night has spoken to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka. Bihar and West Bengal.
AP adds: Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, who has been criticized for failing to stem the carnage, Thursday said "we are asserting (ourselves), ... tn fact we have averted many more deaths."
"The army is in command'' in all riot-tom areas. "From day to day, the situation is steadily improving." he said in a television interview.
In his television Interview, Rao rejected demands that he quit for failing to anticipate the trouble in Ayodhya.
"Why should I ? There is no question of resigning at all," he said, adding that leaders of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which led the Ayodhya campaign, must he held accountable.
On Thursday, four Hindu leaders, accused of provoking the violence by communal speeches in Ayodhya, appeared before Judicial Magistrate KP Singh, who jailed them for one week.
Lal Krishna Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi, the most senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, were arrested on three counts of inciting communal violence.
Vishnu Hari Dalmiya, president of the fundamentalist Vlswa Hindu Parishad, and Uma Bharati, a BJP legislator, also were Jailed for a week after being arrested on the same charges.
The police have three months to file formal charges
that will open a trial. In the meantime, the government will have to get the court's approval for keeping the leaders in Jail. The charges carry a combined total maximum penalty of 11 years imprisonment.
PT1 adds: The BJP today said the government should take all necessary steps to restore peace and normalcy in the country and appealed to people not to give way to any provocation.
The party Vice President Sunder Singh Bhandari, told a news conference that the BJP regretted that the government's indecision and double talk had led to the happenings of Dec 6. Official actions since that day had only complicated matters.
He warned the government that the trial of BJP leaders would drive the "last nail tn the coffin" of the Congress government.
Any ban on organisations like RSS and VHP would only provoke the people and encourage anti-national elements, he said. He also said BJP leaders would be going to various parts of the country and address rallies to defuse the present situation.