Kanwar route row: MLA Pappu Bhartaul put under house arrest
- | Sunday | 19th August, 2018
BARIELLY: In order to prevent kanwariyas from leading a protest over a Kanwar Yatra route, police placed BJP MLA from Bithri Chainpur Rajesh Mishra aka Pappu Bhartaul under house arrest on Sunday morning. Even last Sunday, the same situation had arisen when police and administration had to intervene and stopped kanwariyas from entering Umaria village. District magistrate VK Singh said, "Kanwariyas will not be permitted to take this new route. "Villagers from Khajuria village used to bring kanwar from Kachhala bank of Ganga (Badaun district) which is around 85 km from Bareilly . Police wanted to take preventive action this time to avoid a recurrence of such violence, officers said.Superintendent of police (city), Abhinandan Singh, confirmed that the MLA was placed under house arrest in the morning.
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