UP Police hold talks, deploy extra cops and drones for Friday prayers

UP Police have carried out dialogues with non secular leaders and the youth and can deploy extra personnel throughout the state and use drones to watch delicate areas forward of Friday prayers. The final two Fridays noticed violence over BJP erstwhile spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s comment on the prophet. Non secular leaders have additionally appealed to individuals to supply prayers at mosques of their localities to stop massive assemblies.

ADG Prashant Kumar stated 132 corporations of the Provincial Armed Constabulary and 10 corporations of Central Armed Police Forces and Fast Motion Pressure have been deployed throughout the state. Some officers have been despatched to delicate areas in some districts to oversee preparations.

Drones have been deployed within the Atala space of Prayagraj the place stone pelting happened final week. Moradabad SSP Hemant Kutiyal stated the police would discuss to the youth as many younger males and boys protested in Saharanpur and pelted stones in Prayagraj final Friday.

“We’re making the youth perceive how they should concentrate on training; how it isn’t a state situation and the regulation is taking its course. We’re additionally constructing a way of familiarity between kids and the police to pre-empt any form of violence,” Kutiyal informed ET.

Saharanpur SSP Akash Tomar, in the meantime, ordered a probe right into a video which confirmed cops brutally beating up some youths in custody.