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The police on Tuesday arrested Bajrang Dal’s Odisha Unit General Secretary Manas Mohanty for his alleged involvement in the communal violence in Bhadrak.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday visited the violence-hit Bhadrak town and reviewed the situation with officials.

As normalcy is returning to trouble-torn Bhadrak district headquarters town in Odisha, the district administration on Tuesday relaxed the curfew for eight hours.

The Bhadrak district administration on Monday relaxed curfew for six hours following gradual improvement in situation in the district headquarters town, which witnessed violence last week after some miscreants posted obscene remarks on Hindu gods.

The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police on Sunday began to probe into the alleged objectionable remarks on Hindu deities on social media that led to riot-like situation in Bhadrak town.

The district administration has lifted the curfew for four hours in violence-hit Bhadrak town of Odisha after it witnessed communal clash over alleged derogatory remarks on social media against Hindu deities.