2018 Kasganj violence accused nabbed for sharing provoking post
- | Saturday | 19th January, 2019
Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence, is a member of Sankalp Foundation, whose chairperson is Anukalp Chauhan (26). Agra: Amid high alert to ward off any untoward incident on the occasion of Republic Day, the Kasganj Police on Saturday arrested two persons for sharing provoking content on social media. “Using social media, the two threatened to take out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ even after their written request to the district magistrate had been turned down. Their act of showing weapon on social media was also an attempt to provoke and disobey police rule.”“Vishal and Anukalp have been booked under CrPc 151,” said JKasganj station house officer Ashok Kumar. Violence erupted after Gupta was shot at and later succumbed to injuries during Tiranga Yatra on the Republic Day last year.Thakur and Chauhan, who were the main accused in the violence, surrendered in court after the riots.
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