An uneasy calm prevailed in Khatte village in Aliganj area of Bareilly district on Sunday where demolishing of a controversial religious structure had triggered clashes injuring more than seven people on Friday night.
Official sources said that the situation was tense but under control. FIRs have been filed against 14 named and other accused in the clashes while six people have been arrested so far.
Two groups clashed after a controversial religious structure was dismantled by a mob which later resorted to heavy firing and stone
pelting. “The razed down religious structure has been re-built by officials and a company of Police Armed Constabulary been deployed at the site of incident,” said Additional Director General of Police, law and order, Mukul Goel.
“Situation is under control and police teams have been deployed all over the village,” said District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar.Meanwhile, two girls of the destitute home for women in Rae Bareli district died under mysterious circumstances on Saturday.
Destitute Home in-charge Kanchan Verma said, on Sunday, both the girls were suffering from some illness since past and were even admitted to the hospital. The girls have been identified as Sita(24) and Shalu(20). While Sita came from Sultanpur on December 7,2008, Shalu came from Kanpur on October 8,2013. Verma said the total 60 inmates of the home, three are still suffering some illness. Meanwhile, Chief Development Officer (CDO) Anup Srivastava informed that a probe has been ordered in the death though the girls were suffering from some illness. He said SDM (sadar) will probe into the death of these two girls.
Suicide attempt A woman jumped into a flooded canal in Hapur district on Sunday morning.Reports said the woman, Priya of Harsinghpur village under Hafizpur police station area was married to Puhpendra of Hoshiyarpur garh under Babugarh police station area. She had gone to her parents’ house to tie Rakhi to her brothers. Around 11 am she left for her house along with Puhspendra on a bike. On the way, the couple picked a fight over a non-issue and both stopped at the culvert over Pachrauta canal. In a fits of rage, Priya jumped into the canal. To save her, Puhspendra also jumped into the canal after her. The villagers who were passingthereby came for rescue of the couple. They fished out Puhpendra while Priya could not be fished out. later on information, a police team reached the place for investigation. The cops got Puhspendra admitted to a hospital while divers were pressed into the job to search Priya. She was yet to be traced. The police are working on the case.