"Twelve members of Bajrang Dal were detained, when they were protesting against cow-slaughter and trying to enter in Popatiawaad area in the communally-sensitive Dariyapur area in the old city," police inspector V N Yadav told PTI adding that they were later released.
The protesters were detained as a precautionary measure to avoid any communal tension ahead of the festivities.
Bajrang Dal city president Jwalit Mehta, who had organised the protest, said that they had got specific tip-off that cows and calves are being killed in the area.
