As many as 450 communal incidents took place in Uttar Pradesh in the last three years. <br/><br/>In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said, 162 such incidents were reported in 2016. In the state, 155 communal incidents happened in 2015 and 133 in 2014. <br/><br/>Mr. Rijiju said, in Maharashtra, 270 communal incidents were reported in the last three years out of which 68 took place in 2016, 105 in 2015 and 97 in 2014. <br/><br/>He informed the House that Madhya Pradesh reported 205 communal incidents in the last three years of which 57 took place in 2016, 92 in 2015 and 56 in 2014. In Rajasthan, 200 such incidents were reported in the last three years.