Apprehending mischief during the celebration of Eid or one last Friday of Holy month Ramajan, senior Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Swami Prasad Maurya, who is also leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, had alerted the senior officers here on Thursday evening.
In a letter written to principal secretary (Home), Devasheesh Panda, on Thursday, Maurya cited an incident of his Assembly constituency Padrauna in Kushinagar as well as that of Moradabad and Kannauj etc.
He claimed that some miscreants had thrown a piece of meat at a religious place just to disturb the communal harmony just before last Friday or Ramajan. He said that besides, the Intelligence Bureau had also sent an advisory to the State government in which it warned the security forces to remain vigilant as some subversive forces were making efforts to create mischief and fuel communal hatred leading to clashes.
Maurya said that in wake of some recent incidents as well as in wake of IB alert, the state police force must remain on high alert and should be also on to their toes to ensure peaceful celebration of the Eid festival.
He also requested that necessary preventive measures should be taken by the local administration so that even apprehension of any untoward incident could be averted. Maurya also send copy of his letter to the director general of police, Jagmohan Yadav for necessary action.