BIHAR

Nitish Kumar allots fund for restoration of riot-hit mosques

Gudri mosque and Jiaul-Ulum Madrassa in Samastipur were damaged in riots

Nitish Kumar allots fund for restoration of riot-hit mosques [File] Nitish Kumar | PTI

The Bihar government has allotted over Rs 2 lakh for the repair and restoration of riot-hit Gudri mosque and Jiaul-Ulum Madrassa situated in Samastipur city of the state.

The home department, headed by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, allotted Rs 2,13,700 for the repair work. Both the structures were damaged in the recent communal violence.

Reportedly, the government has also released Rs 25 lakh as compensation “for those whose shops were burnt in arson during Ramnavami procession” in Aurangabad. Similar arrangement of Rs. 8.5 lakh has been made for compensating six affected people in Nawada district.

Recently, communal clashes, which broke out between two groups in Bhagalpur and Aurangabad on the occasion of Ram Navami, spilled over to other parts of the state after miscreants vandalised a Hanuman idol in Nawada.