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30 persons were killed in Panchkula during the violence.

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Officials initially gave a death toll of five and indicated the riot was limited to the maximum-security wing.

The police said that about 300 people had participated in the violence, whom the police was trying to identify.

Over 100 police personnel and two companies of State Reserve Police were posted at the village.

The VHP leader announced schemes for poor Hindus, such as collection of food from affluent families and distributing it among the poor.

Some 2,000 people gathered for the beachfront march were confronted by around 30 counter-protesters, according to local law enforcement.

Earlier, police arrested 17 persons, including an AIMIM corporator Shahnawaz Sarfaraz Hussain, after a riot broke out in Cheeta Camp.

The factory workers allegedly had set fire to the plant after getting into an argument with the management.

Police had to lob 20 teargas shells and also baton-charge the anti-social elements to bring the situation under control, said an official.