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Tension in U.P. town

SITAPUR, AUG. 28. Communal tension today gripped Mahmudabad town of Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district as a group of students went on the rampage torching several shops in protest against the rape of a school student, allegedly by some members of a particular community last evening.

The District Magistrate, Mr. B.D. Singh, told PTI here that the student of the Government Girls Inter-School was raped while returning home last evening.

Enraged students took out a procession in the town, forcing the closure of the market and schools and later indulged in arson.

Ten persons have been arrested.

- PTI

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