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Dalit houses burnt in UP: SP leader Javed Siddiqui among 37 arrested in Jaunpur

| Friday | 12th June, 2020

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Javed Siddiqui and 36 others were arrested in connection with their involvement in the clashes between two communities in Batheti village of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night. At least 100 unknown people have been booked in connection with the Batheti village clashes. At least six persons were injured after about six huts in a Dalit locality in Batheti village were set ablaze allegedly by members of another community after clashes erupted following an altercation between members of two communities over cattle grazing, leading to tension in the area. Thirty-seven people were arrested on Tuesday.

Jaunpur: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Javed Siddiqui and 36 others were arrested in connection with their involvement in the clashes between two communities in Batheti village of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night. At least 100 unknown people have been booked in connection with the Batheti village clashes. At least six persons were injured after about six huts in a Dalit locality in Batheti village were set ablaze allegedly by members of another community after clashes erupted following an altercation between members of two communities over cattle grazing, leading to tension in the area. Thirty-seven people were arrested on Tuesday.

"Local Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Javed Siddiqui, husband of the local village head, Aftab alias Hitler, and Noor Alam have been arrested. Fifty-seven people have been named in the FIR besides 27 others," SP Ashok Kumar said. The development took place a day after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to take action against the culprits under the stringent NSA and Gangsters Act.

Yogi Adityanath has also ordered for taking departmental action against Sarai Khwaja Police Station SHO for laxity. He has been sent to Police Lines and the Additional SP (Rural) has been asked to probe the matter. By Thursday evening, the Uttar Pradesh government stepped up security and deployed additional police force in the Batheti village and arrested 37 people in connection with the case. Varanasi Division Commissioner Deepak Agarwal and IG Vijay Singh Meena visited the village and assessed the losses of property and livestock on Wednesday.

On the chief minister`s direction, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Girish Yadav reached the Dalit locality and distributed Rs 25,000 checks to the affected. Adityanath has said houses for the seven affected families will be rebuilt under the Awas Yojana, the government spokesman added.

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