Mathura Cop Dies as Violence Erupts On Government Land

Religious protesters occupied the land on demands to cancel the elections for Prime Minister and President of India.

Representational image of police controlling a mob. (Photo: PTI)

• Station House Officer of Mathura was killed and five other policemen were injured on Thursday as violence erupted during an operation to clear hundreds of acres of government land from the activists of a religious group ‘Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi’ (ABVVKS). UP Chief Minister announced Rs 20 lakh as compensation for the family.
  
  
• Police used teargas to deal with the violent protesters in the Jawahar Bagh area in UP, where clashes continued. Two years ago, activists of the group Baba Jai Gurudeo claimed to be members of ABVVKS and occupied government land under the pretext of ‘Dharna’.
  
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• Their demands included cancelling elections for President and Prime Minister of India, replacing existing currency with ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ currency, and the sale of diesel at the rate of 60 litres for one Rupee and petrol at the rate of 40 litres for one Rupee.
  

(With inputs from IANS.)