Curfew imposed in Sangli after violence

sangli: an indefinite curfew has been imposed on sangli city which witnessed several violent incidents following the writing of some slogans at the idgah maidan on tuesday night.the police resorted to lathicharge at several places on wednesday to disperse unruly mobs which pelted stones at private and public transport vehicles. so far, 30 persons have been arrested in connection with the violent incidents.three persons who sustained injuries in the lathicharge have been admitted to the civil hospital here.tension gripped the city when it was found on wednesday morning that some unknown persons had painted a part of the wall of the idgah grounds with saffron colour and also hoisted saffron flags at the site. the slogans written on the wall included, `jai bhavani, jai shivaji', `hindustan zindabad', and `maharashtra zindabad'. as the news of painting and writing of slogans spread, a large number of people gathered at the idgah grounds. some miscreants later damaged state transport buses, private vehicles, shops and other commercial establishments. the areas worst-affected by the violence included station road, khanbhag, vakharbhag, ambedkar road and shambarphooti road. all transactions in the entire city and its suburbs came to a halt. some persons tried to organise a morcha to protest against the painting and writing of slogans. however, their attempt was stalled by the police.the police have increased security arrangements in different parts of the city. state reserve police personnel have also been deployed to maintain law and order.indefinite curfew orders were clamped on the city at 4 p.m. government employees are however excluded from the curfew orders.meanwhile, the police have requisitioned a dog squad from solapur to nab the persons involved in slogan writings and hoisting of the saffron flags at the idgah grounds.