Saharanpur violence : FIR against BJP MP and others
According to police, about 300 unidentified people were involved in the clashes that took place on Ambedkar Jayanti. Efforts are on to identify them.
The FIRs have been lodged on the ground of violence, vandalism and attack on the house of the Senior Superintendent of Police and the DM office.
The clashes broke out allegedly after a group of people close to the Lok Sabha member insisted on taking out an "Ambdekar Shovayatra through the communally sensitive parts of the city without police permission.
The lawmaker also marched to the Saharanpur police chief Love Kumar's official residence to protest.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Love Kumar said, "A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against over 300 people in connection with stone pelting by members of two communities on Thursday during a rally to mark Ambedkar Jayanti at Sadak Dudhali village.
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