Though 800 Army soldiers are patrolling the area of Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, 27 people were killed and 35 injured in communal violence today in six different villages. A state of high alert has been declared for the entire state of Uttar Pradesh. Soldiers are conducting door-to-door searches in Muzaffarnagar, 150 kilometres north-east of Delhi. A curfew has been imposed in three districts. "I would appeal to all people there to maintain peace and don't trust or listen to any rumours," said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.The first clashes erupted on Saturday when thousands of Hindu farmers held a meeting in the village of Kawal to demand justice for last month's killing of three men who allegedly tried to protect a woman from being harassed.

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