Mathura Violence

Kafeel Khan, the Uttar Pradesh doctor jailed under the tough National Security Act (NSA) for a speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, must be freed immediately, a court said today, calling his detention illegal. The doctor's speech did not show any effort to promote hate or violence, the Allahabad High Court said.

Violence erupted on Mathura Road in southeast Delhi following a clash between police and Jamia Millia Islamia students who were protesting against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

The wife of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed during clashes in Mathura on June 2, 2016, is upset at the treatment given by the Yogi Adityanath government to the slain officer.

The killing of a 16-year-old boy by a mob that accused him and his brothers of carrying beef is "extremely painful and shameful" said union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, stating that the government will not tolerate such attacks.

The DNA sample of Raj Narayan, son of alleged mastermind of the Jawahar Bagh incident, which left 29 persons dead, was sent for forensic examination on Tuesday, police said.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till October 25 its hearing on a PIL seeking transfer of the investigation into the Jawahar Bagh incident of Mathura to the CBI, even as one of the petitioners alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government's counter affidavit was "vague, false and incorrect".

Crime branch of Mathura police has filed chargesheet against 104 people, including the Jawahar Bagh encroachers' spearhead and a woman, for the murder of two police officers during an eviction operation on June 2.

The term of the one-member judicial commission probing the violence at Jawahar Bagh here has been extended by three months.

The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce within two weeks the letter issued by Mathura district administration in which permission was granted to a religious group for holding a two-day demonstration at Jawahar Bagh.

Five police personnel, who were accompanying Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi during the evacuation of encroachers from Jawahar Bagh, have been suspended for allegedly fleeing from the scene of violence in which the top cop was killed.

In an apparent reference to the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today termed it "unfortunate" saying it has brought bad name to the land of Lord Krishna.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till July 14 its hearing on a Public Interest Litigation seeking CBI inquiry into the course of events that led to violence last month in Mathura when police wanted evict squatters from a sprawling public park.

The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.

BJP lawmaker Yogi Adityanath today rejected the charge that RSS had imparted training to the inmates of Jawahar Bagh in Mathura and blamed "politicisation of police force" for the incident.

A judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura began on Saturday with former Allahabad High Court judge inspecting the sight where 24 people including two police officers were killed on June 2 during an anti-encroachment drive.

Kafeel Khan, the Uttar Pradesh doctor jailed under the tough National Security Act (NSA) for a speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, must be freed immediately, a court said today, calling his detention illegal. The doctor's speech did not show any effort to promote hate or violence, the Allahabad High Court said.

Violence erupted on Mathura Road in southeast Delhi following a clash between police and Jamia Millia Islamia students who were protesting against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

The wife of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed during clashes in Mathura on June 2, 2016, is upset at the treatment given by the Yogi Adityanath government to the slain officer.

The killing of a 16-year-old boy by a mob that accused him and his brothers of carrying beef is "extremely painful and shameful" said union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today, stating that the government will not tolerate such attacks.

The DNA sample of Raj Narayan, son of alleged mastermind of the Jawahar Bagh incident, which left 29 persons dead, was sent for forensic examination on Tuesday, police said.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till October 25 its hearing on a PIL seeking transfer of the investigation into the Jawahar Bagh incident of Mathura to the CBI, even as one of the petitioners alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government's counter affidavit was "vague, false and incorrect".

Crime branch of Mathura police has filed chargesheet against 104 people, including the Jawahar Bagh encroachers' spearhead and a woman, for the murder of two police officers during an eviction operation on June 2.

The term of the one-member judicial commission probing the violence at Jawahar Bagh here has been extended by three months.

The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce within two weeks the letter issued by Mathura district administration in which permission was granted to a religious group for holding a two-day demonstration at Jawahar Bagh.

Five police personnel, who were accompanying Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi during the evacuation of encroachers from Jawahar Bagh, have been suspended for allegedly fleeing from the scene of violence in which the top cop was killed.

In an apparent reference to the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today termed it "unfortunate" saying it has brought bad name to the land of Lord Krishna.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till July 14 its hearing on a Public Interest Litigation seeking CBI inquiry into the course of events that led to violence last month in Mathura when police wanted evict squatters from a sprawling public park.

The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.

BJP lawmaker Yogi Adityanath today rejected the charge that RSS had imparted training to the inmates of Jawahar Bagh in Mathura and blamed "politicisation of police force" for the incident.

A judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura began on Saturday with former Allahabad High Court judge inspecting the sight where 24 people including two police officers were killed on June 2 during an anti-encroachment drive.