Yogi flays lathicharge on ABVP members in Barabanki, orders probe
LUCKNOW, Sept. 3 -- A day after Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leaders were lathicharged during a protest outside Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial University (SRMU) on Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki, the issue flared up on Tuesday with ABVP workers damaging a car near Qaiserbagh, even as chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed displeasure over the lathicharge, ordered the removal of the CO responsible, and directed a probe into both the incident and the validity of SRMU's degree.
After the CM's directives, top police authorities removed Barabanki CO (city) Harshit Chauhan, city Kotwali inspector in-charge RK Rana, the Gadiya police outpost in-charge and sent them to police lines.
Yogi asked Ayodhya divisional commissioner Rajesh Kumar to investigate the validity of the degree of the concerned college and sought a detailed report by Tuesday evening itself. Moreover, the CM instructed inspector general of police, Ayodhya range, Praveen Kumar to investigate the lathicharge incident.P4...
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