10 women and six minors are among the injured, the officials said.
Akhlaq was killed by a mob on September 29 last year on the suspicion that his family stored and consumed beef at their home.
An injured jawan said around 10-12 Naxalites must have got killed in the 'befitting' retaliation by the CRPF contingent.
The widow of Rajdeo Ranjan, the journalist who was gunned down, has said the killers had a connection with someone in jail.
'Could this be a random attack? Well, yes it could. It could be a whole range of scenarios... and we are considering all of them.'
On the intervening night of September 22-23, 2012, three Dalit youths were killed when police opened fire to disperse a violent mob to control a clash between Dalits and OBC Bharwad community members at Thangadh town in Surendranagar district.
A day after total shutdown in Assam to protest against the CAB, fresh protests erupted in the state and neighbouring Tripura and other parts of the nation.
Almost all the deceased were migrant labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Nearly 300 teachers of a medical college on Monday submitted their resignation to Uttar Pradesh government, even as the agitation by doctors against arrest of 24 junior doctors entered the fourth day.
Organising the logistics for a festival that attracts nearly 500,000 devotees is not easy.
'Modi and the BJP don't want Delhi to function.' 'The LG is like a puppet of the BJP.'
Mohammad Shahabuddin, in prison for over a decade, still inspires fear, a reminder of the 'jungle raj' when political murders were commonplace in Bihar.
'That the commandments to officialdom were issued by a BJP functionary and not a minister is a reflection of the Yogi government's work style.'
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