BJP: Police did not act during violence on govt instance

Bajpai accused the Akhilesh Yadav government of following politics of Muslim appeasement in the state,which resulted in the violence yesterday. Bajpai and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma today visited Buddha park where an agitated mob had damaged the statue of Gautam Buddha and Mahavir. Bajpai said that state government had replaced the statue of former chief minister Mayawati within 12-hour after it was dismantled by a group of youths few days back. “More than 24-hour have passed but the state government has not repaired the statues of Gautam Buddha and Mahavir that were damaged yesterday,” Bajpai said.

Bajpai said that SP government has recently ordered lathicharge on agitated flood victims in Bahraich,lawyers in Pratapgarh,doctors and TET candidates in Lucknow. “But the government did not allow the police to take action against the agitating mob on Friday,” he added.

Akhilesh to compensate journalists

A day after violent protests rocked the state capital and some other parts of Uttar Pradesh,Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday promised “stern action” against those harming communal amity of the state. The government would compensate journalists whose cameras and vehicles were damaged,he added.

5 FIRs lodged against unidentified persons

LUCKNOW: The police have lodged five FIRs against unidentified persons for the violence that took place on Friday afternoon in the city. No one has been arrested by the police despite clear pictures and videos of the persons involved in the violence being available. When contacted,Inspector General of Lucknow zone Subhash Chandra said the police could not arrest any of the accused persons as the process of identifying them was taking time.

Three FIRs have been lodged at the Hazratganj police station against unidentified persons in the matter. One FIR under various sections of IPC including 307 (attempt to murder) was lodged on the complaint of media persons who were attacked by the mob. Another complaint was lodged by Arvind Kushwaha,whose vehicle was damaged by the mob and a third FIR was lodged on the complaint of Hazratganj Station Officer AK Verma against unidentified persons for rioting and damage to public property. An FIR was lodged at Wazirganj police station on the complaint of Riverbank Colony chowki In-Charge Ram Khilawan against unidentified persons for damaging public property,rioting and voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty.

One FIR was lodged at Chowk police station under various sections of IPC including 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,race,place of birth,residence,language,etc),395 (Dacoity),147(Rioting) and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act on the joint complaints of Lucknow Development Authority’s Buddha Park supervisor Anand Kumar Mishra and the driver of UP State Roadways Transport Corporation bus and owners of various stalls at Buddha park.