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Uttar Pradesh: Ayodhya priest ends life, blames police

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Ayodhya: A priest of a temple in Ayodhya was found hanging in his room, police said on Tuesday.
The body was found on Monday afternoon. A video later emerged on social media where the priest, identified as Ram Shankar Das of Ayodhya’s Narasimha temple, alleged that he was driven to suicide due to harassment by local police.
Das was booked a few days ago by local police in a case related to the disappearance of an elderly mahant of the same temple who went missing a few months ago.

Ayodhya Kotwali SHO Manoj Sharma said, “The priest was addicted to drugs and ended his life under the influence of drugs. The allegations he made against the police are totally false. We are investigating the matter.”
The post-mortem report is awaited.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 2, 2023
Uttar Pradesh: Life threat issued to Yogi Adityanath, probe on

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Lucknow: A message issuing a life threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was sent on the UP 112 WhatsApp group, police said, adding that a case has been registered at the Sushant Golf City police station and a probe is currently underway.
In a complaint, inspector, Operation Commander Dial 112, UP headquarters, Sahendra Kumar said that a caller sent a message stating that he “would kill Chief Minister Yogi”.
Just after receiving the message the police informed senior officials, including ADG, law and order and ADG, intelligence.

Amid the Chief Minister’s zero tolerance policy for crime and operation bulldozer to demolish criminals’ ill-gotten property, the threat has come as a big challenge for security officials.
Sources said officials in the Chief Minister’s security are trying to identify the caller who had sent the threat message.
SHO, Sushant Golf City, Shailendra Giri said that the investigation is on and the miscreant will be nabbed soon.
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April 25, 2023
Uttar Pradesh: Security beefed up for ‘Alvida’ prayers

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Lucknow: Elaborate police deployment has been made at mosques across Uttar Pradesh for ‘Alvida’ prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan.
Special Director General (SDG), Law and Order, Prashant Kumar, said: “In addition to the routine deployment of over 1.25 civil police personnel in different districts, the state police have provided extra police force of around 7,000 under training sub-inspectors, 249 companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary, three companies of State Disaster Response Force and five companies of central armed police force. Moreover, cops in civvies will be deployed with body worn cameras and binoculars to keep vigil during the prayers.”
He said drone cameras and high-resolution CCTV cameras would be installed at sensitive spots during the prayers.

As many as 4,800 two-wheeler and four-wheeler police response vehicles have been deployed for continuous patrolling during the festival while 1,785 quick response teams equipped with riot control equipment have been deployed at sensitive spots identified across the state, he added.
The SDG said 2,933 sensitive spots or hot spots have been identified across the state, adding that these areas have been distributed under 849 zones and 2,460 sectors and the force deployment has been done accordingly.
“All the social media platforms are under strict vigil and stern action will be taken against those involved in posting objectionable content that may disturb law and order or incite communal sentiments,” said Kumar.
He said the ‘Alvida’ prayers would be offered at 29,439 mosques, while Eid prayers will take place at 33,304 places, including 29,439 mosques and 3,865 Eidgahs across the state.
The police and district administration has held 2,669 meetings with civil defence, clerics, peace committees and other responsible citizens to maintain coordination during the festival.

Senior police officials held 1871 meetings with the managers and organisers of the religious gatherings to ensure peace and communal harmony during the prayers.
Besides, 1,561 meetings had been conducted with municipal corporations, health and power departments to make all necessary arrangements for the festival, he added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 21, 2023
No religious event allowed on roads in Uttar Pradesh

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Lucknow: No religious events will be allowed to take place on roads, obstructing traffic during the upcoming festivals of Eid, Akshay Tritya and Parshuram Jayanti in Uttar Pradesh.
All district officials in the state have been directed to ensure that religious programmes should be held indoors, and no person should be allowed to block roads.
Principal Secretary (Home) Sanjay Prasad and Special Director General of Police (SDGP) Prashant Kumar have issued directives in this regard to all field officers such as ADGs, Inspector Generals (IG), Deputy IGs, district police chiefs, Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates (DMs) during a virtual review meeting, said an official note.

Prasad has asked that all officers in the field should ensure that religious programmes take place at their designated places only.
“Under no circumstances should any religious event be held by obstructing the road and traffic. In the past, we have been able to do this through proper communication and coordination. This year, too, we have to make a similar effort,” he remarked further.
The officials have been asked to remain alert against fake news or information shared on social media that might hurt people’s sentiments, and not allow any religious procession for which prior permission was not taken.
“The safety of citizens is our primary responsibility. Eid-ul-Fitr, Akshaya Tritiya and Parshuram Jayanti may be celebrated on the same day on April 22. In view of the present environment, the police will have to be extra careful,” said Prasad.
Special DGP Prashant Kumar suggested frequent police patrolling to strengthen law and order in the state. “We should keep an eye on suspicious activities. Videography of every important event must be done,” he said and added that notorious elements would be dealt with strictly.

Director General of Police R.K. Vishwakarma also reviewed the preparations for the upcoming festivals by zonal, range and district officers.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 20, 2023
Watch: Cow made chief guest for restaurant launch in Uttar Pradesh

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Usually, when we scroll through our social media feed we see pictures of politicians, celebrities and other prominent personalities inaugurating an event.
Enter Uttar Pradesh and everything makes sense. Be it a cow made to inaugurate a restaurant.
Yes! Yes! you heard it right. A cow was the special guest of honour that inaugurated an organic dining restaurant named Organic Oasis. The event happened in Lukhnow.

Interestingly, the restaurant is owned by a former senior police officer by the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police Shailendra Singh. Singh “invited a desi cow” for the inauguration ceremony.
In a video shared by ANI, the special guest cow adorned in a vibrant yellow outfit is seen taken to the restaurant’s kitchen where it is made to eat.
Singh maintains that a healthy body is vital for good sustainable life. “Unfortunately, one gets food of produce laced with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. I think this will be the first such restaurant in India that will have its own production, control and processing. People will feel the difference in food after having and demand it,” the former police officer said.
Located at the Shusant Gold City at Millennium adjacent to Lulu Mall, Organic Oasis promises to utilise raw food materials manufactured fresh from the farmlands.
According to Singh, the cow is a big economic source. “I would always prefer gau mata as the guest of honour to my restaurant,” he said.

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April 19, 2023
Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life sentence for raping Dalit Boy in 2016

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Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Saturday convicted a man of sodomising an eight-year-old Dalit boy about seven years ago and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 30,000, said a court official.
District Government Advocate Rajeev Sharma told PTI-Bhasha on Saturday that the Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act Court sentenced a man named Khalid for the crime he committed in July 2016 when the boy had been out for toilet.
Khalid was booked at the complaint of the boy’s father, Sharma said.

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April 16, 2023
Mafia turned politician Atiq Ahmed and brother killed in Uttar Pradesh

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Prayagraj: Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while being taken for a medical check-up in Prayagraj. This comes days after Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi.
Atiq Ahmed had been accused in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case and also in the Umesh Pal murder case which occurred in February this year.
Asad was killed on April 13 in an encounter in Jhansi along with Ghulam, both of whom were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj. The police said that foreign-made weapons were recovered and that each of them carried a reward of Rs 5 lakhs on their heads.

The encounter was carried out by the UPSTF team led by DySP Navendu and DySP Vimal.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were brought to the CJM Court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on the same day Asad was killed in the encounter. Further details are awaited.
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April 15, 2023
10 Uttar Pradesh districts to get Sanskrit medium schools

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Lucknow: Ten districts in Uttar Pradesh will soon get Sanskrit medium secondary schools.
The 10 districts are Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Shamli, Jalaun, Etah, Amethi, and Hardoi.
This is a part of an initiative of the state government to promote Sanskrit education in Uttar Pradesh.

At present, there is only one government Sanskrit secondary and one government Sanskrit degree college that are operating in the entire state.
All other such institutions are being run privately.
The establishment of new Uttar Madhyama (intermediate-level) Sanskrit schools is among the top priorities of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
After getting an in-principle consent from the state government, the officials of the state directorate of education have formally requested for the allocation of funds towards the construction of these new Sanskrit schools, said a state government spokesman.
The state government had made a provision of Rs 100 crore in the 2023-24 budget.

Meanwhile, it is also gearing up to open Government Sanskrit Secondary Schools of intermediate level in another five districts of Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Ayodhya, Chitrakoot and Mathura, which are being developed as the key religious centres.
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April 7, 2023
Uttar Pradesh Congress leader booked over remarks on PM Modi

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Sambhal: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday booked Congress state general secretary Sachin Chaudhary over his alleged objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The case under relevant sections of the law was registered at Sambhal Kotwali based on a complaint filed by the BJP’s youth wing leader Akshit Agarwal, Additional Superintendent of Police Shrish Chandra said.
Agarwal, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) district unit office in-charge, told reporters that the Congress leader made the remarks against the prime minister during a press conference here on Friday.

At the press meet, Chaudhary targeted Prime Minister Modi over the Adani issue.
He said a video clip of the Congress leader’s “indecent and objectionable” remarks has gone viral on social media.
The Congress leader also made certain objectionable remarks against Hinduism, he alleged.
Agarwal said he also submitted a video clip of the Congress leader’s remarks to the police.

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April 1, 2023
Uttar Pradesh forest officials soften stand on Arif-sarus issue

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Lucknow: After serving a legal notice to Mohd Arif for ‘violating the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 (amended)’ by keeping a sarus with him for a year, senior forest officials in Uttar Pradesh seem to be having second thoughts on the issue.
Authorities have summoned Arif, who looked after the bird for a year, to explain his side at the office of the assistant conservator of forest in Gauriganj (Amethi) on April 2.
A senior forest official said, “The gesture of rescuing the bird will be considered while evaluating the merits of the case.
“Arif saved the life of the sarus. This gesture matters a lot even when he has been serviced notice that seeks explanation from him.”
According to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 (amended), one cannot keep any wild animals with them.
“Arif rescued the sarus and treated it too. His only mistake is that he did not inform the forest staff. Whether one finds an injured human or a wild animal, you must report to the authorities,” said the official.
He further explained, “Birds contract diseases if they live with humans. In 15 days, an observation will be made to check if the bird is sick or ready to fly free. If all goes well, the bird will be set free in a sanctuary so that it could mate and live in its natural habitat.”
Meanwhile, D.N. Singh, divisional forest officer Amethi, said, “We have not broken the friendship between Arif and the bird. Sarus live in pairs but this one was alone and therefore, it is our responsibility to place the bird in its natural habitat so that it could lead a normal life.”

Arif told reporters that he never confined the bird.
“I found the bird injured and hence, gave it treatment and food. After the treatment, it kept coming back to me but I never kept it as a pet. It roamed freely for the entire day in the fields. Is it my mistake if the bird came to me for its food?” said Arif.
Arif found the injured bird in February 2022. He helped the sarus recover and soon, they developed a rare camaraderie.
Last month, the videos of the bird and Arif went viral on social media platforms.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 28, 2023