Curfew will be relaxed in the violence-hit Saharanpur district for eight hours on Friday. The curfew will be relaxed from 10 am to 6 pm, District Magistrate Sandhya Tiwari said today.        

All government offices will be function from 10 am to 5 pm, Tiwari said.         She said only one youth will be allowed to travel on a motorcycle. Two youths in the age group of 22-24 years will not be allowed to ride a motorcycle, she said.        

Tiwari said till now 87 FIRs have been registered in connection with the riots and 104 people have been arrested. According to reports till now, 193 shops were burnt during the violence. The revenue department is calculating the loss suffered by the shop owners, she said.