Mathura Clashes

Violence erupted on Mathura Road in southeast Delhi following a clash between police and Jamia Millia Islamia students who were protesting against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

The wife of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed during clashes in Mathura on June 2, 2016, is upset at the treatment given by the Yogi Adityanath government to the slain officer.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till October 25 its hearing on a PIL seeking transfer of the investigation into the Jawahar Bagh incident of Mathura to the CBI, even as one of the petitioners alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government's counter affidavit was "vague, false and incorrect".

Crime branch of Mathura police has filed chargesheet against 104 people, including the Jawahar Bagh encroachers' spearhead and a woman, for the murder of two police officers during an eviction operation on June 2.

The term of the one-member judicial commission probing the violence at Jawahar Bagh here has been extended by three months.

The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce within two weeks the letter issued by Mathura district administration in which permission was granted to a religious group for holding a two-day demonstration at Jawahar Bagh.

Five police personnel, who were accompanying Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi during the evacuation of encroachers from Jawahar Bagh, have been suspended for allegedly fleeing from the scene of violence in which the top cop was killed.

The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.

A judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura began on Saturday with former Allahabad High Court judge inspecting the sight where 24 people including two police officers were killed on June 2 during an anti-encroachment drive.

The Mathura clashes could have been avoided if the Akhilesh Yadav government had followed the high court order in a timely manner, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said.

Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a CBI inquiry into the recent Mathura violence that left 24 people dead.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is visiting Mathura today, several days after the violence unleashed by a religious cult that was squatting in the city's Jawahar Bagh leaving 24 people, including two senior police officers, dead.

Attacking the Samajwadi Party government over recent incidents in Mathura and Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls early next year, BJP president Amit Shah today said the prevailing "atmosphere of violence" is a matter of serious concern.

Defending the Uttar Pradesh government's handling of the Mathura clashes, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Amar Singh today "complimented" it for tackling the "ticklish" issue and blamed the Centre for not sharing inputs on the presence of extremist elements at Jawahar Bagh.

Attacking BSP and Congress on their "silence" over the Mathura clashes, BJP today alleged that they were trying to save the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh as because of their understanding to help each other in the Rajya Sabha polls.

Violence erupted on Mathura Road in southeast Delhi following a clash between police and Jamia Millia Islamia students who were protesting against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

The wife of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed during clashes in Mathura on June 2, 2016, is upset at the treatment given by the Yogi Adityanath government to the slain officer.

The Allahabad High Court today deferred till October 25 its hearing on a PIL seeking transfer of the investigation into the Jawahar Bagh incident of Mathura to the CBI, even as one of the petitioners alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government's counter affidavit was "vague, false and incorrect".

Crime branch of Mathura police has filed chargesheet against 104 people, including the Jawahar Bagh encroachers' spearhead and a woman, for the murder of two police officers during an eviction operation on June 2.

The term of the one-member judicial commission probing the violence at Jawahar Bagh here has been extended by three months.

The Allahabad High Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce within two weeks the letter issued by Mathura district administration in which permission was granted to a religious group for holding a two-day demonstration at Jawahar Bagh.

Five police personnel, who were accompanying Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi during the evacuation of encroachers from Jawahar Bagh, have been suspended for allegedly fleeing from the scene of violence in which the top cop was killed.

The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.

A judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh incident in Mathura began on Saturday with former Allahabad High Court judge inspecting the sight where 24 people including two police officers were killed on June 2 during an anti-encroachment drive.

The Mathura clashes could have been avoided if the Akhilesh Yadav government had followed the high court order in a timely manner, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today said.

Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking a CBI inquiry into the recent Mathura violence that left 24 people dead.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is visiting Mathura today, several days after the violence unleashed by a religious cult that was squatting in the city's Jawahar Bagh leaving 24 people, including two senior police officers, dead.

Attacking the Samajwadi Party government over recent incidents in Mathura and Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls early next year, BJP president Amit Shah today said the prevailing "atmosphere of violence" is a matter of serious concern.

Defending the Uttar Pradesh government's handling of the Mathura clashes, Samajwadi Party lawmaker Amar Singh today "complimented" it for tackling the "ticklish" issue and blamed the Centre for not sharing inputs on the presence of extremist elements at Jawahar Bagh.

Attacking BSP and Congress on their "silence" over the Mathura clashes, BJP today alleged that they were trying to save the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh as because of their understanding to help each other in the Rajya Sabha polls.