Kanpur Violence News: The violence broke out in Pared, Nai Sadak and Yateemkhana areas of Kanpur on Friday when some people tried to force shopkeepers to down shutters over remarks by a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed.
"We have identified 36 people who were involved in the violence with help of CCTV footage and other video recordings of the incidents," Kanpur police commissioner said.
The police first lathi-charged the crowd, but in vain, after which they resorted to throwing stones in response. Sources said that the miscreants had also fired in the air.
The incident was reported from a village in Kanpur Dehat district on Sunday.
The police had sent the meat for laboratory test while the local people insisted that the meat was of a cow.
In the visuals of the viral video, the IAF personnel can be seen hurriedly disembarking and rushing towards the cockpit side to rescue the trapped crew.
The accused will be produced before a Special CBI court on February 26 in Delhi and the trial will begin after that.
The police swung into action after an urgent message was received from Facebook users regarding the post.
Commenting on the accident, the DCP said, "Injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital and the probe in the matter has been initiated."
The car, which had its registration from Lucknow, was caught by the flying squad team from the Ramadevi intersection in the Chakeri area police station.
Kanpur DM Vishak Iyer said, "With the number of active COVID cases crossing 1000 mark in Kanpur on Tuesday, the district administration has imposed fresh restrictions."
Raids as part of a tax evasion investigation are currently underway at multiple properties in different cities linked to Samajwadi Party MLC Pushpraj Jain alias Pampi Jain.
In multiple raids by the Income Tax department and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, around Rs 257 crore in cash, 25 kg of gold and 250 kg of silver were seized from the perfume trader's house in Kanpur as well as from his house and factory in Kannauj.
A Kanpur court on Monday had sent businessman Piyush to 14 days of judicial custody after raids at his residence. Notably, the central agencies last week found out that the Kanpur-based perfume maker had hoarded nearly Rs 200 crore.
The entire length of the project in Kanpur is 32 km and is being built at a cost of over Rs 11,000 crore, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.
The convocation will be held in a hybrid mode with around 870 students expected to attend the event along with faculty and staff. Over 850 more will be present virtually.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of multiple projects, in Varanasi.
The girl was kidnapped by car-borne men who dragged her inside the vehicle while she was walking, administered some injection after which she lost consciousness and kept her hostage at a house in Mathura Nagar of Rawatpur area on Saturday.
The accused later informed his brother about the crime he committed following which there was panic in the locality.
JP Nadda, who is on a two-day visit to the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, will later address booth presidents' meetings.
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