UP for the 2024 elections: There was a huge stir in the Muzaffarnagar by-election in Meerapur. Police had to use force after clashes and stone throwing during the vote. Meanwhile, an inspector with a gun was seen chasing away people at the Kakroli police station booth. The women in front were arguing with him. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav shared his video and demanded action against the said inspector. After this incident, the SSP herself came forward and gave clarifications.
SSP said: This video has gone viral as part of a conspiracy. The video is incomplete. The truth is that the police had arrived there with information about the confrontation. Where an attempt was made to block the road and stones were thrown at the police procession. When the police used light force, the miscreants fled the scene and pushed the women forward.
Muzaffarnagar Police Statement
On the ruckus in the Meerapur assembly by-election, the Muzaffarnagar administration said that during the ongoing voting on November 20, information was received that there was a fight between two parties near Kakrauli police station area. . Upon which the police officers immediately arrived at the scene and tried to appease the people who were creating a ruckus. But those people began to throw stones at the police team itself. In such a situation, the people who were creating a ruckus were removed from there by the police using subtle force.
Police station chief Kakrauli Rajeev Sharma, who was present at the spot, took steps to normalize the law and order situation with riot gear. Nobody was threatened. Legal action will be taken by registering a case under relevant sections against those who pelted stones at the police team.
What did Akhilesh say about the viral video?
In fact, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, while sharing the inspector’s video on social media, had written that “The Election Commission should immediately suspend the SHO of Kakrauli police station area in Meerapur, because he is preventing make voters vote by threatening them with a gun.
It is noteworthy that when the SSP himself clarified this matter, Akhilesh made another post sharing his video. In this post he wrote: “Who will believe the words of someone who can lie while sitting with the DM?”
