Curfew was relaxed from violence-hit areas of Cuttack city on Tuesday (October 7) as there was no report of any violence in the last 24 hours, Commissioner of Police, S Dev Datta Singh said.

There was no report of any kind of violence in any part of the city, even during the 12-hour bandh call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday (October 6), he said.

"The curfew was imposed for 36 hours from 10 pm of October 5 till 10 am on October 7 in the wake of two clashes on Saturday and Sunday. The order is not extended and therefore relaxed," Singh told PTI .

Singh, however, did not reveal whether the curfew has been withdrawn.

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Curfew was imposed after clashes

The administration had imposed the curfew

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