Thursday, April 6 2006 16:52 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Aligarh (UP): Two persons were killed and several others injured in a violent clash between members of two communities, prompting the authorities to impose indefinite curfew in three police station areas in this communally-sensitive city.

State paramilitary forces along with a large number of police personnel have been deployed and patrolling intensified to maintain law and order, District Magistrate R K Singh told sources here.

Indefinite curfew has been imposed in Kotwali, Delhi Gate and Sasni Gate police stations areas in the old city following the clash during which the two sides threw stones at each other and fired from rooftops following a dispute over a place of worship last night.

Official sources said five persons had suffered gun shot injuries and rushed to the AMU medical college here.

Two of the injured succumbed to their injuries, hospital sources said.

Members of the two communities indulged in brickbating and firing from rooftops at Sabzi Mandi and Dahi Wali Gali areas under Kotwali police circle in the old city following a dispute over a place of worship last night.