Lucknow. Violence that erupted after Friday prayers over his arrest following a statement made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad engulfed eight districts of Uttar Pradesh. The police action on stone pelters who spread violence is going on for the third day i.e. on Monday as well. Police is scanning the CCTV footage to identify the accused. So far the police have arrested 325 accused.
Till 7 am on Monday, 325 people have been arrested for inciting violence after prayers. At the same time, 18 people have been arrested so far due to hate speech in Saharanpur district. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is very strict about the increasing cases of violence in UP. He has directed the officials to take the strictest possible action against the accused involved in the violence.
Moradabad SP City Akhilesh Bhadauria said that 10 more accused have been arrested in connection with the demonstration and uproar after Friday prayers in Jama Masjid area of Mughalpura police station area. 25 accused have already been sent to jail on 14 days judicial remand.
24 more accused, including Imam Ahmed Ali, presenter of Badi Masjid at Atala, have been arrested in violence after Friday prayers in Prayagraj. In these, 21 adult accused were produced in the court and then remanded and sent to Naini jail in judicial custody for 14 days. While three minor accused were sent to the Children’s Observation Home located in Khuldabad. The accused include some biryani and some other goods shop owners.
ADG Law and Order said that till Monday morning 92 people have been arrested in Prayagraj, 80 in Saharanpur, 51 in Hathras, 35 in Moradabad, 41 in Ambedkarnagar, 16 in Firozabad, six in Aligarh and four in Jalaun. In this connection, 13 FIRs have been registered in nine districts.
13 injured policemen are undergoing treatment. The situation is normal across the state. Social media is also being monitored. Of the 13 FIRs that have been registered, three each have been registered in Prayagraj and Saharanpur and one each in Firozabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Moradabad, Hathras, Aligarh, Lakhimpur Kheri and Jalaun.
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