Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami guarantee that motion shall be taken in opposition to mobsters ‘inaccordance to legislation’ and added that the attack was pre-planned. Two folks have been killed and three critically injured in violence that broke out over the demolition of an illegally-built madrasa and a spot for providing namaz inside its premises on this Uttarakhand city the place a curfew has been imposed and shoot-at-sight orders have been issued.
Dhami mentioned, “Anti-encroachment drive has been going on as per the administration’s direction. Yesterday when the administration was trying to raze illegal property, this violence broke out and our Police personnel including women officers were attacked and stones were pelted at them. This is highly condemnable.”
“Uttarakhand is ‘Dev Bhoomi’…this has never happened here…some people have tried to spoil the atmosphere in ‘Dev Bhoomi’ and took the law into their own hands…journalists were also attacked, their cameras were broken…public properties were burned…video footages will be checked, action will be taken…Law will take its own course,” he added.
Chief Minister Dhami held a high-level assembly at his official residence in Dehradun on Friday and instructed Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Law and Order, A P Anshuman, to camp in Haldwani to make sure peace and legislation and order within the city’s Banbhoolpura space. Taking sturdy be aware of the attack on police personnel and administrative officers and an try to unfold unrest within the space in the course of the removing of unlawful building, the chief minister ordered strict motion in opposition to unruly components. Each rioter concerned within the arson and stone pelting needs to be recognized and strictest motion needs to be taken in opposition to them, Dhami mentioned.
He requested the senior officers attending the assembly to keep up fixed coordination with the Nainital DM. The SSP mentioned police had to make use of drive in self-defence when an irate mob of unruly components attacked the Banbhoolpura police station and police personnel.