 Three people died and at least nine were injured in religious clashes sparked by the killing of a right-wing Hindu leader in northern India, police said on Monday. Hindus and Muslims in Aligarh attacked each other with rods and sticks and torched shops and vehicles after the late Sunday night shooting of a well-known shop owner who was affiliated with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, an official said. The shop owner was shot dead when he was passing through a Muslim area in the town. A curfew has been imposed and university exams cancelled in parts of the town, home to Aligarh Muslim University, said State Home Secretary SK Agarwal in Lucknow. |