Kanpur Violence: After the Kanpur violence, today, ie Friday, is the first Friday prayer in the city. There is a police-administration alert regarding Namaz. Section 144 has been imposed in the city from Thursday evening itself. At the same time, police teams have been put on high alert. Today there will be a ban on any kind of dharna or demonstration in the city. DM and senior police officers also had a meeting with religious leaders in the police line.

Police is also on alert mode in Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Sambhal, Bareilly and Varanasi regarding the first Friday prayers after the Kanpur violence. Security has been beefed up around the Kashi Vishwanash temple in Varanasi. The sensitive areas are being monitored by drones. At the same time, the intelligence system of the police is also fully alert.

In fact, since the violence in Kanpur on June 3, the police is taking strict action. Violence erupted in the city over the closure of shops by a community after Friday prayers. This violence took place during the protest against the controversial statement of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, due to which the miscreants pelted stones fiercely. At the same time, in this violence case, the police have arrested a total of 52 people so far. Apart from this, about 10 more suspects have been taken into custody for questioning.

Hearing on the remand of the accused of ruckus and violence in Kanpur was held on 9 June. The court will deliver its verdict after re-argumentation on the remand of Hayat and his associates today, June 10. The court has again summoned the four accused today. The mastermind of the violence, Hayat Zafar Hashmi and his accomplices Javed, Sahil and Sufiyan were applied by the police to take them in remand. Ten days police custody remand was sought.