In Andhra Pradesh, the situation in curfew-clamped areas of old city of Hyderabad is fully under control. Indefinite curfew is in force in 25 police station areas in the wake of clashes between two groups which claimed two lives and injured nearly 50 persons. <br/><br/>Speaking to reporters after a high level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister, Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy said a decision on relaxing curfew would be taken later today after studying the situation carefully. <br/><br/>Stating that the trouble-torn areas of old city are presently peaceful, the Minister has appealed to the people to cooperate with the Government in restoring normalcy. Meanwhile, the Police Commissioner A K Khan said no fresh incidents of violence reported from the curfew-bound areas. He said if the same situation continued, lifting curfew for two hours tomorrow morning would be considered.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the Commissioner is probing the reasons behind flaring up of clashes in the old city as the Government has asked for a detailed report on the incidents took place in the last three days. The Commissioner has said that 67 criminal cases have been booked ever since the clashes began on Saturday last and nearly 190 persons were taken into custody. He said it was also decided to remove all religious flags a day after the festival was over to avoid recurrence of such clashes.<br/><br/>The Centre has appealed to the people of Hyderabad to maintain calm. The Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram said that the city remained peaceful today but the curfew will remain imposed as long as it is necessary. He expressed confidence that the situation will be brought under control soon. He said that the security personnel have been instructed to firmly deal with the situation and warned that those who try to provoke violence will have to pay a heavy price.<br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram said that more than adequate forces have been deployed to handle the situation. He said, 100 people had been arrested by this morning and more arrests are expected. With regard to the reports that some people have got together to trigger the violence, he said that it is still to be found out whether there was a conspiracy behind the communal violence.