The police have also arrested nine more people involved in the communal clashes, taking the total number of those arrested to 38.
The police have also arrested nine more people involved in the communal clashes, taking the total number of those arrested to 38.
Uttar Pradesh Police will put up hoardings with pictures of key suspects involved Kanpur Violence Officials said on June 6 that major places in and around the affected areas.
He said that the hoardings will also have the contact numbers of station house officers and senior police officers so that people can inform the police about the suspects.
Police have also arrested nine more people Officials said the total number of people arrested in connection with the violence has gone up to 38.
According to police, violence broke out in Parade, Nai Sadak and Yatimkhana areas of the city on June 3, when some people shuttered shopkeepers for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a televised debate. Tried to force it to close.
Additional commissioner of police, law and order, Anand Prakash Tiwari said, “We have identified around 100 more stone-pelters and rioters through CCTV footage and video clips.”
He said that the search operation is on and all possible locations are being raided to nab the rioters at the earliest.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Pramod Kumar said, “25 hoardings with photographs of around 20 key accused who were allegedly involved in the June 3 violence will be put up in the affected areas and nearby prominent places. The DCP said that it has been decided that the contact numbers of station house officers and senior police officers will also be provided and an appeal will be issued so that people can identify the suspects and inform the police.
“We have collected photographs of the accused persons through video clips, cameras and CCTV footage,” the DCP said.
Besides this, three more special teams with different functions have been formed to assist the Special Investigation Team headed by DCP (South) Sanjeev Tyagi, the officials said.
The first special team consisting of four members headed by Additional DCP (East) Rahul Mithai has been constituted to examine the CCTV footage, including government and private, and hand over the footage to the SIT.
A five-member special team headed by Assistant CP Swaroop Nagar and Brijnarayan Singh has been asked to investigate the matter related to dispensing of petrol in open bottles and containers from a petrol pump.
The third special team headed by Assistant CP (Cantonment) will keep a watch on provocative and false posts on social media including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and others.
He has also been asked to check social media posts of Maulana Mohammad Ali (MMA) Jauhar Fans Association chief Hayat Zafar Hashmi and his associates, which went viral on social media.
Police said Hashmi is believed to be the mastermind of the violence and was arrested on June 5 from Hazratganj area of the state capital.