- Monday, February 24, 2025
By: PTI
THE Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday (4) booked 500 people for rioting and violence in Kanpur that left 40 injured, officials said, as an uneasy calm prevailed in the affected areas this morning.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and order) Anand Prakash Tiwari said 18 people have been arrested so far over the Friday incident, and some others are detained for questioning.
“The area is peaceful and we are maintaining a round-the-clock vigil,” he said, adding some suspects were detained overnight by different police teams.
You mess with #YogiAdityanath Ji. Be ready to face the outcome, which would not be pleasant. Frenzy Muslim mob in #Kanpur pic.twitter.com/9B7A5DyJjW
— Ramesh ?? ? (@Ramesh_BJP) June 3, 2022
Look at the way, the state police is safeguarding the hindutva mob for pelting stones on Muslims In Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Where goes their duty of remaining neutral in such situations. Can justice be expected from a communal Islamophobic police force. #KanpurViolence pic.twitter.com/klz4XJuNi8
— Aasif Mujtaba (@MujtabaAasif) June 3, 2022
Three FIRs over rioting and violence have been lodged against over 500 people, Tiwari said.
The violence broke out in Pared, Nai Sadak and Yateemkhana areas of the city after Friday (3) namaz when some people tried to force shopkeepers to down shutters over allegedly insulting remarks made by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate recently, a senior police official had said Friday
At least 40 people including 20 police personnel were injured during the clashes, police said on Saturday
Those who allegedly forced traders to shut shops clashed with police personnel who used batons to disperse the mob
Additional Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar has warned that those involved will be booked under the stringent Gangsters Act and their properties seized or demolished.
