Public Works Department serves notices to vacate property to 23 establishments, sparking communal tensions in Bahraich district.

The recent violence in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, has brought growing communal tensions to the forefront. Shopkeepers in the region vacated their shops on Saturday and salvaged their goods as a demolition drive by the authorities was imminent.

Shopkeepers in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich vacated their shops as they scrambled to salvage their goods on Saturday, as they feared a demolition drive by the authorities, a week after a man died during the Durga Puja procession,

Some of the proprietors voluntarily demolished portions of their establishments deemed to be illegal by the Public Works Department.

This action follows a recent communal flare-up in the Maharajganj area of the district, during which a 22-year-old man was shot dead, triggering heightened tensions in the district.