Ant-CAA stir: 46 served notices for damaging public property in UP's Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: The district administration has sent notices to 46 people for their alleged involvement in damaging public property during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests here.
The notices to 46 people have been sent by a panel set up under additional district magistrate Amit Kumar by the authorities.
They have been told that the authorities found their involvement in alleged vandalism during the protests against the CAA on December 20 in the district, Kumar said.
The accused have been asked to send their replies by January 9, he said.
Meanwhile, four madrasa students, arrested after violence during anti-CAA protests, were released on the orders of a court as police gave them clean chit in its report filed before the chief judicial magistrate here on Friday.
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UP: Bareilly man throws acid on woman, family after marriage proposal rejected
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A man allegedly threw acid on a married woman and her family members after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said.
The incident took place in the Shergarh area on Saturday, leaving the woman, her husband and two children injured.
The police said the family was sleeping in the verandah of their house when the accused allegedly entered through the roof and threw the acid on them through a mosquito net.
Circle Officer, Mirganj, said, "Shergarh police received information around 6 am that four members of a family had suffered burn injuries after a flammable substance was thrown on them."
He said police found during the investigation that the accused, Umesh Kashyap, allegedly wanted to marry the woman despite being married himself.
After she refused to marry him, Kashyap allegedly tried to throw a flammable substance on Devi. In this process, other members of the family also suffered injuries, the officer said.
The injured were taken to the Shergarh Community Health Centre, from where one of them was referred to the district hospital, police said.
An FIR has been registered, and teams have been formed to arrest the accused, they added.
