Agitated over vandalising statues of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Lord Buddha, hundreds of irate villagers blocked the Tajuddinpur intersection of Madiyahu in Jaunpur on Thursday.
Raising slogans against the district administration, the protesters demanded action against the miscreants involved in the incident and immediate replacement of the broken statues.
After hours of demonstration, tehsildar and circle officer of Madiyahu reached the spot and pacified the people after assuring prompt arrest of the culprits.
In view of the demand of the villagers, the officials also assured to install new statues.
As per reports, some miscreants vandalised the statues of Babasaheb Ambedkar and Lord Buddha at a government building at Tajuddinpur intersection of Jaunpur sometime on Wednesday night.
As the news of the statues being damaged spread on Thursday morning, hundreds of angry villagers gathered at the spot and started protesting. They also blocked the main intersection, forcing vehicular traffic to go haywire.
After learning of the protest, CO of Madiyahu, Sant Prasad Upadhyay, and Tehsildar Santosh Singh rushed to the spot backed by heavy police force.
They later pacified the protesters after which the agitation was called off.
Later, a case was registered against unidentified persons by the police and efforts were being made to identify and arrest them.
Meanwhile in a shocking incident in Unnao, two children were crushed to death after a mud wall collapsed over them on Wednesday night.
As per reports, Harshit (12) and his brother Hardik (6) were sleeping with their mother in their house in Patari village of Sadar Kotwali area on Wednesday night. In the wee hours of Thursday, the dilapidated mud wall of the house suddenly collapsed over the sleeping members. The neighbours later removed the rubble and extricated the woman and her kids. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital in an unconscious state where doctors pronounced the kids dead.