Lucknow Police said that after receiving the information, an intensive search was carried out from Hazratganj to Charbagh stations, but nothing suspicious was found.
Six DCPs, 10 Additional DCPs, 21 Assistant Commissioner of Police, 52 Inspector-in-charge, 101 Additional Inspector, 922 Home Guards, 12 Company Pradeshik Armed Constabulary and Mounted Police have been deployed in Lucknow ahead of the Bakri Id festivities.
According to the officials, Joint Commissioner Lucknow issued instructions and appealed to the people of the city to install CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras at their residences in an attempt to bring control over the increasing crime rates.
A youth who had tried to set himself on fire in front of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's official residence last week, succumbed to his burns at a hospital on Monday, said Lucknow police.
Samajwadi Party leader Swamy Prasad Maurya on Wednesday wrote to Lucknow Police Commissioner alleging that Mahant Raju Das, Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapaswi Chhawni Temple and their supporters tried to attack him with swords and 'pharsa' in the city.
Two youths who waved weapons while performing stunts on a bike have been arrested by Lucknow police. The police officials took cognizance of the viral video. The police swung into action and caught both youths. But to the police's surprise. The gun recovered from both of them turned out to b
The Uttar Pradesh police invoked National Security Act against two persons for allegedly burning copies of Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.