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The 21-year-old youth, Chandan Gupta, who died of bullet injury in the violence, was also a member of the foundation. Sanklap Foundation, whose members were allegedly involved in the last year’s brawl, was one of them.”Notably, Vishal Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence who had given the call for the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, was a member of Sankalp Foundation. Several CCTV footage and videos shot from mobile phones showed how the foundation members as well as other youths on motorbikes allegedly engaged in a fight with the residents of a Muslim-dominated locality. Later, the youths in the yatra were purportedly seen firing shots in the air and hitting a Muslim youth with a lathi which sparked the violence.The charge sheet, which was filed by SIT in the district court in May, revealed a major goof-up by Kasganj police. AGRA: Flooded with requests for taking out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on the Republic Day Kasganj district administration has denied permission to all, including Sankalp Foundation, whose members participated in a bike rally on January 26, 2018, that led to communal clashes in the district in which a youth was shot.Speaking with TOI, Kasganj district magistrate R P Singh said, “Taking precautionary measures to maintain law and order on the Republic Day, we have denied permission to all to take out any yatra in the city since it is a new tradition..