The state government has admitted to a lapse of judgment and laxity in response in tackling the mob fury in Agra that left at least one person dead and 50 others injured in violence that broke out after a speeding truck crushed four people.
J N Chamber, Principal Secretary (Home) said here, “Prima facie it appears that there was some laxity. There were restrictions on the movement of trucks but these seem to have been removed before the stipulated time. There has been a lapse and action will be taken accordingly.” The lapse in question is the entry of trucks into a no entry zone during the Shab-be-Barat procession. 
Trouble broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a speeding truck ran over four youths (two on a motorcycle, two on a rickshaw) on their way to participate in the procession.  Angry locals went on a rampage indulging in arson and stone pelting, setting on fire at least 14 trucks, eight cars and two police vehicles in the area between Dhakran police station and Subhash Park.
At least three workshops were also set on fire.
The narrow lanes in the area made the entry of fire tenders difficult and the violence took a communal colour, spreading to many localities. Besides six policemen, an additional district magistrate was also injured in the violence. The dead was an onlooker caught in the crossfire between the police and the rioters.
Violence was at its worst in the Nai ki Mandi area where District Magistrate Mukesh Meshram had to take shelter inside the police station.
Curfew has been imposed in six police station areas; schools and colleges shut for three days and entry to the Taj Mahal stopped. At the time of the filing this report, the situation in Agra was tense but under control.