Peace prevailed in the Kurawali area of Mainpuri district on Sunday after the violence which erupted following the gruesome murder of the newly elected district panchayat member on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Javeed Ahmed is supervising the measures being taken to control the law and order. Two companies of PAC besides the existing police force was rushed to the troubled area. Also zonal IG was been asked to camp in the area till the normalcy return to the area.
Inspector General of Police (law and Order) A Satish Ganesh, told that the tension was fading fast and situation was returning to normal condition. He said that large contingent of police forces had been deployed there to counter any violence.
The violence broke out on Saturday after the newly elected District Panchayat member Ravindra Singh Shakya alias Bhole was allegedly shot dead by one his rival Savikant, who is son of a BSP leader Ganga Prasad Shakya, who was his political rival. Bhole had won from ward no 13 in Kurawali area of the district.
After the murder of Bhole, his supporters torched the house of Ganga Prasad Shakya, besides several shops and even a fire tender was ransacked.
A number of policemen were also injured in the violence. Police has arrested Ganga Prasad Shakya and one another person in connection with the murder so far.