49 Arrested In UP's Kasganj Town After Violence Over A Death, Internet Shut Down
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had condoled the loss of life in the Kasganj violence and ordered the police to sternly deal with the culprits. A special probe team has been set up to probe the violence and 49 people arrested.
All India | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Updated: January 28, 2018 09:29 IST
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Kasganj violence: Fresh incidents of arson were reported from Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj on Saturday
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Few shops burnt down in Kasganj's main market, 2 buses burnt too
Police use drones to keep an eye on the situation; internet shut down
Senior police officers from western UP rushed to Kasganj
The Uttar Pradesh government has snapped Internet services in Kasganj district till 10 pm tonight, after fresh violence erupted on Saturday when groups of people went on a rampage in western UP's Kasganj town after the cremation of a young man killed in clashes on Friday.
One group burnt down a few shops in the town's main market, others vandalised shops at an intersection a short distance away and burnt down two buses. Late on Saturday night, a shop belonging to an individual of a particular community was burnt down by miscreants on the outskirts of the Kasganj town.
Chandan Gupta, 22, had died in clashes that broke out on Friday during a "Tiranga bike rally" by activists of the RSS-backed students' group, ABVP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He was a commerce student at a local college. His parents said he was involved with a local non-profit and used to participate in activities like blanket distribution and blood donation drives.
Another person injured in the communal clashes, Naushad, is admitted to hospital. According to reports, both had bullet injuries.
The incidents of vandalism on Saturday - a car was torched late in the evening also - were seen as a reaction to Chandan Gupta's death. It is, however, not clear why the police was not able to keep peace in the area. It had figured that there could be more violence and had requisitioned additional forces soon after yesterday's round of violence.
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The family of Chandan Gupta, 22, who died in clashes, say he was involved with a local non-profit for social work.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had yesterday responded swiftly to the death of the young man and appealed to both communities to maintain peace. The police also had been ordered to deal sternly with the culprits.
Too busy fire-fighting yesterday, much of this crackdown started today.
By the end of the day, Kasganj's district magistrate RP Singh declared that the police had arrested 49 people. Senior police officers from western UP were also rushed to the town 170 km from the national capital.
Mr Singh said section 144 that prohibits assembly of people is in place in the entire town and sufficient police force deployed. The police's drone camera team was also requisitioned from Aligarh to help the police keep a watch on sensitive areas of the town.
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But there is still no cohesive sequence of the events that led to yesterday's communal clash.
A short video clip of Friday's bike rally that emerged today shows hundreds of young men, many of them holding the National Flag and saffron flag, standing in one of the streets of the town. This is where they had been reportedly told by local residents from another community to take a different route.
COMMENTSIn 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.
From all accounts, the violence started soon after. It started with hurling stones with each other and ended with gunshots being fired. In between, motorcycles were set on fire, stones thrown at passing vehicles and a place of worship set on fire.
Fresh violence in Kasganj: Six held, prohibitory orders imposed
A top police officer said that violence started around 11 am, about an hour after Abhishek Gupta, 22, who was killed in firing between two groups during an unauthorised rally to mark Republic Day on Friday, was cremated.
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Written by Abhishek Angad | Kasganj | Updated: January 28, 2018 8:41 am
Fresh violence in Kasganj: Six held, prohibitory orders imposed Police patrol Kasganj Friday night after the clash. (Express Photo/Praveen Khanna)
In fresh violence in Kasganj town of Uttar Pradesh, a day after a man was killed and another injured in a communal clash, a mob set ablaze about 10 shops, vehicles and a makeshift house on Saturday. A top police officer said that violence started around 11 am, about an hour after Abhishek Gupta, 22, who was killed in firing between two groups during an unauthorised rally to mark Republic Day on Friday, was cremated.
Today’s violence was in retaliation to Gupta’s death, police said, and most of the property targeted, including cars and shops, were owned by members of the minority community.
Said leading local advocate Mohammed Munazir Rafi: “Today’s attacks on shops and vehicles belonging to our community seem to have been planned in advance. They targeted these while the security forces were at the cremation ground.”
READ | Kasganj violence: Both sides had Tricolour, fight was over right of way
Earlier in the day, about 200 people took part in the funeral procession as Gupta’s body, wrapped in the national flag, was taken to the cremation ground, about 2 km from the town. When Rajveer Singh, the local BJP MP, arrived at 8:30 am, the crowd demanded compensation and a government job for the victim’s family.
Assuring his support, Singh, son of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, claimed he got two youths freed on Friday evening. “Last evening, I went to the police station and got two of our youths out. I am with you,” he told the crowd.
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A few minutes later, he received a call. Identifying the caller as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Singh handed over the phone to an activist of the Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Ekta Samaj, Pradeep Chandra Gupta, who knows the victim’s family.
“Yogiji, aap inko Rs 50 lakh compensation, sarkari naukri aur shaheed ka darja ki ghoshna karein… lad rahe hain aapke liye aur ladte rahenge (Yogiji, please announce Rs 50 lakh compensation, a government job and martyr’s status for them… we are fighting for you and will continue to fight for you),” Pradeep Chandra Gupta told the caller.
At the end of the conversation, he said the chief minister had promised to look into the matter but did not assure anything.
The cremation finally took place at 10 am. About an hour later, a mob targeted shops and vehicles in Kasganj town, setting them on fire.
READ | Kasganj violence: All you need to know
However, Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar maintained that there were only sporadic incidents of arson on Saturday. “The situation is under control. Around 400 policemen, including constables and senior officers, are camping in Kasganj to ensure peace is maintained,” he said, adding that Section 144 CrPc has been imposed in the area.
He said five companies of PAC, one company of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and additional police personnel from other districts have been deployed in Kasganj area.
Meanwhile, six persons have been arrested in connection with Friday’s violence. Police have registered two cases so far. The first FIR, naming four persons and including 100-150 unidentified people, for rioting, assault and breach of peace, is based on the complaint of the SHO of Kotwali Police Station.
The second FIR names 20 people and is based on the complaint of the victim’s father. It includes IPC sections 302 (murder) and 124 A (sedition) — for disrespecting the national flag — apart from rioting and assault.
Besides those arrested, Kumar said 40 others have been detained.
“All those who have been arrested are Muslims. Investigations are going on,” said IG Dhruva Kant Thakur.
READ | Politics of Kasganj: Agrarian dominance, OBC control
Recounting the incident, an eyewitness, Suraj Singh Lodhi, said the victim was carrying the national flag and had raised his hand when he was shot. “A shot was fired, the bullet brushed his arms and pierced his chest,” he claimed.
Senior police officers said the victim, a B.Com. Final Year student, was among the 25-odd people who had planned a rally to mark Republic Day. Rakesh Kumar, Additional District Magistrate, Kasganj, said on Friday that the “Tiranga Yatra” rally was taken out without permission from the administration.
“There was a minor scuffle between Hindus and Muslims over the procession, followed by stone pelting in which a few motorcyles were damaged. The police arrived at the spot and separated the two groups. However, the procession took a detour and passed through a Muslim-dominated area, where the residents thought that the participants had come to retaliate. This triggered the shooting incident,” said Kasganj Additional SP Pavitra Mohan Tripathi.
Meanwhile, the victim’s father, Sushil Gupta, said they would have been celebrating the youth’s birthday today. “If not for his death, we would have celebrated his birthday…everything is gone now…I am thinking of selling our house and leaving…Sab pakshapaat kar rahe hain (Everyone is taking sides),” he said.
— With inputs from Manish Sahu, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had condoled the loss of life in the Kasganj violence and ordered the police to sternly deal with the culprits. A special probe team has been set up to probe the violence and 49 people arrested.
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Kasganj violence: Fresh incidents of arson were reported from Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj on Saturday
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Few shops burnt down in Kasganj's main market, 2 buses burnt too
Police use drones to keep an eye on the situation; internet shut down
Senior police officers from western UP rushed to Kasganj
The Uttar Pradesh government has snapped Internet services in Kasganj district till 10 pm tonight, after fresh violence erupted on Saturday when groups of people went on a rampage in western UP's Kasganj town after the cremation of a young man killed in clashes on Friday.
One group burnt down a few shops in the town's main market, others vandalised shops at an intersection a short distance away and burnt down two buses. Late on Saturday night, a shop belonging to an individual of a particular community was burnt down by miscreants on the outskirts of the Kasganj town.
Chandan Gupta, 22, had died in clashes that broke out on Friday during a "Tiranga bike rally" by activists of the RSS-backed students' group, ABVP and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He was a commerce student at a local college. His parents said he was involved with a local non-profit and used to participate in activities like blanket distribution and blood donation drives.
Another person injured in the communal clashes, Naushad, is admitted to hospital. According to reports, both had bullet injuries.
The incidents of vandalism on Saturday - a car was torched late in the evening also - were seen as a reaction to Chandan Gupta's death. It is, however, not clear why the police was not able to keep peace in the area. It had figured that there could be more violence and had requisitioned additional forces soon after yesterday's round of violence.
kisganj boy
The family of Chandan Gupta, 22, who died in clashes, say he was involved with a local non-profit for social work.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had yesterday responded swiftly to the death of the young man and appealed to both communities to maintain peace. The police also had been ordered to deal sternly with the culprits.
Too busy fire-fighting yesterday, much of this crackdown started today.
By the end of the day, Kasganj's district magistrate RP Singh declared that the police had arrested 49 people. Senior police officers from western UP were also rushed to the town 170 km from the national capital.
Mr Singh said section 144 that prohibits assembly of people is in place in the entire town and sufficient police force deployed. The police's drone camera team was also requisitioned from Aligarh to help the police keep a watch on sensitive areas of the town.
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But there is still no cohesive sequence of the events that led to yesterday's communal clash.
A short video clip of Friday's bike rally that emerged today shows hundreds of young men, many of them holding the National Flag and saffron flag, standing in one of the streets of the town. This is where they had been reportedly told by local residents from another community to take a different route.
COMMENTSIn 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.
From all accounts, the violence started soon after. It started with hurling stones with each other and ended with gunshots being fired. In between, motorcycles were set on fire, stones thrown at passing vehicles and a place of worship set on fire.
Fresh violence in Kasganj: Six held, prohibitory orders imposed
A top police officer said that violence started around 11 am, about an hour after Abhishek Gupta, 22, who was killed in firing between two groups during an unauthorised rally to mark Republic Day on Friday, was cremated.
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Written by Abhishek Angad | Kasganj | Updated: January 28, 2018 8:41 am
Fresh violence in Kasganj: Six held, prohibitory orders imposed Police patrol Kasganj Friday night after the clash. (Express Photo/Praveen Khanna)
In fresh violence in Kasganj town of Uttar Pradesh, a day after a man was killed and another injured in a communal clash, a mob set ablaze about 10 shops, vehicles and a makeshift house on Saturday. A top police officer said that violence started around 11 am, about an hour after Abhishek Gupta, 22, who was killed in firing between two groups during an unauthorised rally to mark Republic Day on Friday, was cremated.
Today’s violence was in retaliation to Gupta’s death, police said, and most of the property targeted, including cars and shops, were owned by members of the minority community.
Said leading local advocate Mohammed Munazir Rafi: “Today’s attacks on shops and vehicles belonging to our community seem to have been planned in advance. They targeted these while the security forces were at the cremation ground.”
READ | Kasganj violence: Both sides had Tricolour, fight was over right of way
Earlier in the day, about 200 people took part in the funeral procession as Gupta’s body, wrapped in the national flag, was taken to the cremation ground, about 2 km from the town. When Rajveer Singh, the local BJP MP, arrived at 8:30 am, the crowd demanded compensation and a government job for the victim’s family.
Assuring his support, Singh, son of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, claimed he got two youths freed on Friday evening. “Last evening, I went to the police station and got two of our youths out. I am with you,” he told the crowd.
More Violence In Kasganj, Shops Torched
A few minutes later, he received a call. Identifying the caller as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Singh handed over the phone to an activist of the Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Ekta Samaj, Pradeep Chandra Gupta, who knows the victim’s family.
“Yogiji, aap inko Rs 50 lakh compensation, sarkari naukri aur shaheed ka darja ki ghoshna karein… lad rahe hain aapke liye aur ladte rahenge (Yogiji, please announce Rs 50 lakh compensation, a government job and martyr’s status for them… we are fighting for you and will continue to fight for you),” Pradeep Chandra Gupta told the caller.
At the end of the conversation, he said the chief minister had promised to look into the matter but did not assure anything.
The cremation finally took place at 10 am. About an hour later, a mob targeted shops and vehicles in Kasganj town, setting them on fire.
READ | Kasganj violence: All you need to know
However, Principal Secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar maintained that there were only sporadic incidents of arson on Saturday. “The situation is under control. Around 400 policemen, including constables and senior officers, are camping in Kasganj to ensure peace is maintained,” he said, adding that Section 144 CrPc has been imposed in the area.
He said five companies of PAC, one company of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and additional police personnel from other districts have been deployed in Kasganj area.
Meanwhile, six persons have been arrested in connection with Friday’s violence. Police have registered two cases so far. The first FIR, naming four persons and including 100-150 unidentified people, for rioting, assault and breach of peace, is based on the complaint of the SHO of Kotwali Police Station.
The second FIR names 20 people and is based on the complaint of the victim’s father. It includes IPC sections 302 (murder) and 124 A (sedition) — for disrespecting the national flag — apart from rioting and assault.
Besides those arrested, Kumar said 40 others have been detained.
“All those who have been arrested are Muslims. Investigations are going on,” said IG Dhruva Kant Thakur.
READ | Politics of Kasganj: Agrarian dominance, OBC control
Recounting the incident, an eyewitness, Suraj Singh Lodhi, said the victim was carrying the national flag and had raised his hand when he was shot. “A shot was fired, the bullet brushed his arms and pierced his chest,” he claimed.
Senior police officers said the victim, a B.Com. Final Year student, was among the 25-odd people who had planned a rally to mark Republic Day. Rakesh Kumar, Additional District Magistrate, Kasganj, said on Friday that the “Tiranga Yatra” rally was taken out without permission from the administration.
“There was a minor scuffle between Hindus and Muslims over the procession, followed by stone pelting in which a few motorcyles were damaged. The police arrived at the spot and separated the two groups. However, the procession took a detour and passed through a Muslim-dominated area, where the residents thought that the participants had come to retaliate. This triggered the shooting incident,” said Kasganj Additional SP Pavitra Mohan Tripathi.
Meanwhile, the victim’s father, Sushil Gupta, said they would have been celebrating the youth’s birthday today. “If not for his death, we would have celebrated his birthday…everything is gone now…I am thinking of selling our house and leaving…Sab pakshapaat kar rahe hain (Everyone is taking sides),” he said.
— With inputs from Manish Sahu, Lucknow
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