District Magistrate Gazipur Aryaka Akhoury said on Saturday that police have been deployed along the route leading from his home to the graveyard as the last rites of the gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari would be held today.
After one of the accused in Badaun's double murder case was gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh police hours after committing the crime, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that lawbreakers are not spared in UP.
The man said that his 'rath' (chariot) was intended to be used only during the wedding season and will not ply on the roads otherwise. He also pointed out that similar vehicles were operating in other regions such as Bihar and Pratapgarh.
In Uttar Pradesh's Budaun Double Murder case, the surviving brother of the two deceased children and an eyewitness to the incident has said that two people came here and took his brothers on the terrace.
Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board Chairperson, Renuka Mishra on Tuesday was sacked by the UP Government, days after the police constable recruitment examination was cancelled following allegations of a question paper leak.
Six people, including two children, died and several others were injured in an accident between two cars and a pickup truck in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia area, police said.