Lucknow. Violence broke out in several areas, including Parade, Nai Sadak and Yatimkhana, soon after Friday prayers in Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh. After Friday prayers, members of two communities came face to face and pelted stones at each other with bricks. The Yogi Adityanath government has given instructions for strict action on this violence. The government has said that the guilty will not be spared under any circumstances.
Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said that some people tried to shut down the shops in the Beconganj police station area of Commissionerate Kanpur Nagar, which has been opposed by the people of the other side. The government took this incident seriously. Senior police officers are at the spot. Many senior officers have also been sent from Lucknow to Kanpur. 12 Company One Platoon PAC has been sent. Now then 18 people have been arrested. Gangster action will be taken against the miscreants as well as the conspirators. The property of the accused will be confiscated or destroyed.
Prashant Kumar said that the miscreants are being identified through CCTV footage and other videos. At present the situation is under control there. Police have got sufficient amount of video footage. Based on which further action is being taken. People like peace have been appealed to cooperate with the administration in maintaining peace and order. Police and administration officials have also been instructed that there should be no lapse in the security arrangements so that peace is maintained.
Let us inform that after the controversial remarks made by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad Sahab, there was a fierce ruckus after the demonstration on the new road after Friday afternoon prayers. According to the police, people of the minority community were angry over Nupur Sharma’s alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a recent televised debate and were trying to shut down shops in the area in protest. There was a ruckus. Many vehicles were broken by stone pelting but firing was accompanied by bombing. More than half a dozen people were injured in stone pelting.
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