Cuttack, Oct 7 (PTI) Curfew was relaxed from violence-hit areas of Cuttack city on Tuesday 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 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday, 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Singh, however, did not reveal whether the curfew has been withdrawn.

The administration has imposed the curfew after two back-to-back clashes on Saturday and Sunday in which 31 people, including 10 police personnel were injured and

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