ORISSA, INDIA, November 22, 2001: The police registered a case on a fresh complaint of damage to a place of worship in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on Thursday, even as indefinite curfew was clamped in three subdistricts. Damage was caused to a place of worship at Dhoti village. Ten platoons of armed police were maintaining vigil with senior police and district officials camping in the areas. Three nearby subdistricts had witnessed violence and arson after Hindus and Muslims people fought over ownership of a four-acre plot at Piteipur, which was used both for grazing and burial.
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