Hence, the family members of the victim staged a protest and blocked traffic on the state highway on Sunday demanding that the accused be brought to book. Based on a complaint, police filed a case against Kanchan’s husband Avnish Kumar Patel and his two brothers Manoj and Mahendra but did not arrest them. A case has been registered against them under IPC sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (punishment for rioting using weapons), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation).” A day later, police arrested all the accused and sent them to jail.Additional SP (rural) SC Shakya said, “After checking the video of the protest, we have identified 28 persons including the family members of the victim. Shahjahanpur: Police have registered a case against over 200 persons for staging a protest and disrupting traffic on state highway for eight hours here recently.According to sources, a case has been registered against 28 identified persons and 250 unidentified persons on Tuesday for staging a protest against the district administration and local BJP MLA in connection with a dowry death case.It may be recalled that 26-year-old Kanchan and her three-year-old child were found dead in Powayan area of Shahjahanpur district on March 8.
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