Bihar government invokes the National Security Act (NSA) in Nawada town in Bihar. Markets and educational institutions in Bihar's Nawada town remained closed today following clashes between two communities in the last four days that claimed two lives and left over half-a-dozen injured, officials said.
He said the government has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) for preventive detention and swift action against troublemakers.

Curfew was imposed in the town where police resorted to firing Monday following a violent clash between two communities. "Assembly of five or more people at any particular place and display of firearms have been banned," said Nawada Superintendent of Police M.S. Dhillon.

Dhillon said 15 people have been detained in connection with the violence. Communal tension erupted Friday when an altercation took place between a group of kanwarias (Hindu pilgrims) and another community at a roadside eatery in Nawada. More