 "Tablighi Jamaat attack: Delhi-Sahranpur security tightened")
The security on Delhi-Saharanpur train route has been tightened, in the wake of the May 1 attack on Tablighi Jamaat members in neighbouring Shamli district, police said.
We have raised the security on Delhi-Saharanpur route, in view of the May 1 attack on members of Tablighi Jamaat on board a Delhi-Kandhla train, a senior official said.
The checking carried out by Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) in the trains has been intensified on Delhi-Saharanpur route, Additional Director General of Police (Railways), Uttar Pradesh, Javed Ahmad said yesterday.
Five members of the Tablighi Jamaat community were assaulted and robbed by some youths on board a Delhi-Kandhla train on May 1.
A day after the incident, angry protesters from the community gheraoed the Kandhla police station and pelted stones, besides setting some vehicles on fire. Sixteen policemen were injured in the violence.
Two of the several accused, Sunil and Anil Kumar, were arrested on May 10 and May 13 respectively in this connection.
We have raised the security on Delhi-Saharanpur route, in view of the May 1 attack on members of Tablighi Jamaat on board a Delhi-Kandhla train, a senior official said.
The checking carried out by Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) in the trains has been intensified on Delhi-Saharanpur route, Additional Director General of Police (Railways), Uttar Pradesh, Javed Ahmad said yesterday.
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Videography has also been initiated in the trains, he said, adding that additional police forces would be provided to sensitive GRP police stations falling on the route, such as Baraut (Baghpat) and Shamli.
Five members of the Tablighi Jamaat community were assaulted and robbed by some youths on board a Delhi-Kandhla train on May 1.
A day after the incident, angry protesters from the community gheraoed the Kandhla police station and pelted stones, besides setting some vehicles on fire. Sixteen policemen were injured in the violence.
Two of the several accused, Sunil and Anil Kumar, were arrested on May 10 and May 13 respectively in this connection.
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