Fresh violence erupted in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday when groups of Hindus and Muslims went on a rampage in the state's Kasganj town after the cremation of a young man killed yesterday. According to Indian media, which did not give details about the group said one group burnt down shops in the town's main market, others vandalised shops at an intersection a short distance away and burnt down two buses
LUCKNOW:(Pakistan Point News - 27th Jan, 2018 ) : Fresh violence erupted in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday when groups of Hindus and Muslims went on a rampage in the state's Kasganj town after the cremation of a young man killed yesterday. According to Indian media, which did not give details about the group said one group burnt down shops in the town's main market, others vandalised shops at an intersection a short distance away and burnt down two buses.
Curfew has been imposed in the city following the incident. Along with the local police, 5 Company PAC and 1 RAF has been pressed into action as well. Chandan Gupta, 22, had died in clashes in the town 170 km from national capital Delhi that broke out during a "Tiranga bike rally" by activists of the RSS-backed students' group ABVP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Another person injured in the clashes, Naushad, is admitted to hospital.
According to reports, both had bullet injuries. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had condoled the loss of life and told the police to sternly deal with the culprits. The Kasganj police today announced nine people had been arrested in connection with yesterday's violence and a special probe team constituted to identify and catch the other suspects. A short video clip of yesterday's bike rally that has emerged shows hundreds of young men, many of them holding the National Flag and saffron flag, standing on the streets in one of the streets of the town. This is where they had been reportedly told by Muslim residents to take a different route. In the background, some voices can be heard saying that they would not change their route. Someone else raises the slogan that everyone would have to say Vande Mataram if they want to stay in India.
