UP govt removes Kasganj SP

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has removed the Superintendent of Police of Kasganj district, where communal violence took place on the Republic Day.Officials here on Monday said that Kasganj SP Sunil Kumar Singh has been transferred to Police Training Centre (PTC) Meerut.Meanwhile, SP of PTC Meerut, Piyush Srivastava will be the new SP of Kasganj.

Srivastava is likely to take the charge of Kasganj on Monday night, officials said.The clashes erupted on Friday after stones were allegedly pelted on the motorcycle rally taken out by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad workers on the Republic Day. In the violence, a youth identified as Chandan Gupta was killed.(UNI)