Meerut district administration has initiated legal action against the perpetrators of the communal violence in the city after the Director General of Police (DGP) and the Home Secretary of Uttar Pradesh landed in Meerut to review the law and order situation in the wake of the communal clashes.
The Principal Secretary (Home) AK Gupta and Director General of UP police AK Banerjee rushed to the city and visited the hospitals and interacted with the injured and assured them proper treatment, safety and security to their lives. Gupta and Banerjee held a detailed meeting with the district administration and the contingency measures to put in place to deal with any emergent situation.
As the city limped back to normalcy on Sunday, the Meerut police registered about a dozen criminal cases against unidentified 200 rioters. In addition to the complaints from the individuals, the city police registered cases at Kotwali police station.
The Superintendent of Police (SP) City Om Prakash Singh told The Pioneer, “The foremost job of the city police was to maintain law and order in the city. The cases that have been registered against the miscreants are being investigated to identify and punish them.”
“The police are seeking help from video footage on which basis some criminals have been identified. Strict legal action will be initiated against the culprits who are seen in the video grabs and in other sources of evidence,” further claimed SP City.
Earlier about 50 people, including SP City and two mediapersons were injured in a communal violence in Meerut. The incident of rioting occurred about 2.00 pm Saturday under Kotwali police station of this prominent western UP city for installing a piao (water facilitation centre) near a local mosque in the area. The local members of the community gathered and started shouting slogans against each other. Some vehicles and kiosks were set afire and four persons sustained bullet injuries.