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Violence has erupted across Uttar Pradesh following the announcement of the panchayat poll results, killing at least five people since Tuesday, while BJP leaders are sitting in dharna in every district against the post-Assembly-poll violence in Bengal.
The rural poll results, announced from Monday to Wednesday, show the Samajwadi Party outperforming the ruling BJP as it had done in 2016. Fingers have been raised against both parties for the violence.
BJP leaders and workers, including state unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh, have sat on dharnas for a few hours in front of their homes complying with the Covid protocol on Wednesday and Thursday in protest against the violence in Bengal after Trinamul’s Assembly election victory.
The police had arrested Krishna Yadav alias Pujari in a loot case on Thursday night.
VARANASI: The death of a man allegedly in police custody in the Buxa area in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) triggered protests by locals who indulged in stone pelting, leading to injuries to several policemen on Friday.
Three policemen, including the in-charge of Buxa police station, have been suspended. A magisterial probe into the matter has also been ordered.
According to reports, the police had arrested Krishna Yadav alias Pujari, resident of Chak Mirzapur village, in a loot case on Thursday night. He later died in police custody.
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