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Meanwhile, the Haldwani Municipal Corporation on Monday issued a recovery notice of Rs 2.44 crore against Abdul Malik, a key accused in the violence at Haldwani, asking him to deposit the money to cover damage caused to government property during the clash.

'DNN News' journalist Pankaj Agarwal told OpIndia that the attackers selectively singled out Hindus among journalists, Municipal Corporation officials and police personnel.

OpIndia spoke with Pankaj Saxena, an injured journalist from 'HNN News' who came to the hospital for treatment.

An eyewitness of the incident told OpIndia that Faheem Qureshi died of his own bullet during the violence in Haldwani.

Uttarakhand Police released a list of the names of 25 arrested accused rioters namely Junaid, Mohammad Nizam, Mehboob alias Maku, Shahzad alias Kanakada etc.

Abdul Malik, key conspirator of Haldwani violence was arrested on 11th February from Delhi

The arrest came in the wake of Haldwani violence the removal of an illegal madrasa-mosque in Banbhoolpura

Panel assembled the The Wire gave clean chit to Islamists that attacked police personnel in Haldwani

The effort to apprehend the rioters has commenced. The rioters are being identified with the help of CCTV. Drones are monitored in the areas. Heavy police force has been deployed to manage the crisis.

Bombs were made by pouring gasoline into glass and plastic bottles and magazine was also seized from police personnel.