Moradabad District Magistrate meets BJP leader Laxmikant Bajpai

Moradabad District Magistrate (DM) Deepak Agarwal met Uttar Pradesh (UP) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Laxmikant Bajpai while a protest was on outside his residence over a demand for a case to be filed against police officials who had misbehaved with party MLAs during the recent violence in the Kanth area.

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"The detained MLAs have been sent back, but the paramilitary forces will remain deployed for a while," said Agarwal.

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Earlier today, Bajpai had staged a sit down protest along with other BJP workers demanding an FIR o be lodged against Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dharamvir Yadav, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anil Kumar, Circle Officer (CO) Rahul and their co-workers for their misbehavior with party MLAs during Kanth violence.

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At the epicentre of the trouble in Moradabad is a temple in Muslim dominated Akbarpur village belonging to the Jatav community. Trouble started last month after a section of villagers protested against installation of a loudspeaker in the temple.

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The VHP has reportedly demanded re-installation of loudspeakers and wants to hold to perform puja at the temple.