The main accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case in Kasganj was arrested on Wednesday even as a Congress delegation was stopped from entering the violence-hit district amid continuing tension in some pockets.
“Saleem, the main accused, has been nabbed,” IG, Aligarh range, Sanjeev Gupta said.
Kasganj SP Piyush Srivastava said notices pertaining to attachment of properties of the accused have been pasted on their houses.
Authorities stopped a Congress delegation in Mirhachi area in Utah on the border of Kasganj district. They denied permission to the delegation from entering troubled areas, citing law and order issues, official sources said.
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District Magistrate, Kasganj, R P Singh had refused to give permission to the Congress delegation apprehending that their visit to the troubled areas might create additional problems.
At least three shops, two buses, and a car were torched+ after a youth was killed in clashes following stone-pelting by a mob on a motorcycle rally was taken out to celebrate Republic Day last week. At least 118 people have been arrested in connection with the violence.
Tension still prevailed in a few pockets of the western Uttar Pradesh town. Police said normalcy was slowly returning to the violence-hit town where security personnel has intensified patrolling in sensitive areas.
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