“They were shouting slogans, we requested them to let our celebrations finish first. But they were adamant and did not leave,” said Mohammed Munazir Rafi, a resident and advocate. Speaking to The Indian Express, IGP Dhruva Kant Thakur, who reached Kasganj from Lucknow on Saturday morning, said, “Members of the Muslim community were about to hoist the national flag when the incident took place.”
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In appeal, Rahul says was mistreated, sentenced to attract ”In the morning, I left home to attend the flag-hoisting ceremony at Kasganj court. When I returned, chairs had been arranged on the road for the Republic Day programme in our locality. Suddenly, a group of around 50-60 people arrived on bikes and started demanding that the chairs be removed. They were also shouting slogans,” he said.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani After the group refused to leave, said the advocate, an argument ensued. “We asked them to join the celebration. But many people had gathered and soon, there was some pushing and shoving. Then they left their bikes here and went away. I called the Kasganj police station, and apprised them of the situation when they arrived 25 minutes later,” said Rafi.
READ | Fresh violence in Kasganj: Six held, prohibitory orders imposed According to Kasganj Additional SP Pavitra Mohan Tripathi, police separated the two groups. However, he said, the rally participants regrouped and took a detour to Amid back-to-back flops, cinema lovers weigh in on what Malayalam filmmakers should prioritise and reach Tehsil road, another Muslim-dominated area, where residents thought they had arrived to retaliate.
“This triggered the shooting incident in which a 28-year-old man was killed,” said Tripathi. On Saturday evening, residents of Baddu Nagar said they were waiting for the situation to normalise before approaching police with their version. READ | Kasganj violence: All you need to know ”The situation could have been sorted out but it ended in a big problem,” said an ‘Apply for Kidney Donation’: Man elderly resident who did not wish to be named.
CBI to probe sexual Centre will seek Eight months after conFrms: Modi and Xi spoke on need Court grants bail to Bharat coaches to be made as Watch herd of deer prancing at Sanjay Gandhi National Park; count them if you can, says IFS officer According to Rafi, a similar rally was organised on Independence Day last year. “But there was no problem as we had not put out chairs at that time.
We are deshbhakts, and now we are being portrayed as deshdrohis. In the end, because of this situation, we could not hoist the Tricolour on Janaury 26,” he said. Why did Suryakumar Yadav wear Sanju Samson's jersey in first ODI?