UP: Banner barring BJP workers from entering police station goes viral, six held
Meerut (UP), May 28: Six people were arrested here for allegedly putting up a banner outside a police station forbidding BJP workers from entering it.
A photograph of the banner had surfaced on social media.
Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhakar Chaudhary said, "We have arrested six people--Sambhu Pehalwan, Sagar Poswal, Kuldeep Masuri, Ankit Chaudhary, Amit Bhadana and Amar Sharma--for the act."
The banner that read BJP workers are forbidden from entering the police station was put on a wall near the entrance of the medical college police station.
The name of the station house officer (SHO) was also written below the note.
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav shared the picture on his Twitter handle and said, "It has happened for the first time in five-six years. People of ruling party are forbidden from entering the police station. This is the state of the BJP government in the state."
ऐसा पहली बार हुआ है इन पाँच-छह सालों में
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 27, 2022
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ये है उप्र की भाजपा सरकार का बुलंद इक़बाल! pic.twitter.com/KaBzD0iq3F
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Three killed, seven feared trapped after house collapses in UP's Meerut
Meerut, Sep 14: Three people were killed, two injured and seven feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, officials said.
"Twelve people got buried under the debris after the sudden collapse of the house. Till now, five people have been taken out from the debris. Of them, three died and two injured have been admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College," the relief commissioner's office said.
The incident occurred around 5:15 pm and emergency services were immediately alerted, it said.
District Magistrate Deepak Meena confirmed the collapse of the three-storey house in Zakir Colony.
Officials initially said around six people were trapped under the debris.
Senior officials rushed to the spot to oversee the rescue operations.
National Disaster Response Force, fire brigade and police teams are working to rescue those trapped under the debris.
