A police officer said, “The banners were put up for the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya and also for the Sankranti festival. Around 10.45 pm on Tuesday, Zaheer used sharp objects to cut the banners in Jahangir Mohalla and Gungunte Palya villages.”
Before heading to the temple town, the boxes of bangles were moved around Firozabad city. A large number of residents took part in the procession that culminated with a puja at the city’s Bada Hanuman Mandir.
SP leader Mukesh Siddarth was arrested after he allegedly threatened to set minister Somendra Tomar on fire and accused the Meerut police of not acting against the latter.
“Bullets will never be fired here now. Instead, Ram devotees will get laddoos,” the chief minister said, adding that now no one will dare to stop the Panchkosi, 14 Kosi and 84 Kosi parikrama in Ayodhya.”