New Delhi: Yogi government’s strategy of naming & shaming the rioters who took part in stone-pelting and arson in Kanpur seems to be yielding results. The rioters have started surrendering themselves in police station. Till now, three trouble mongers have accepted their guilt and surrendered themselves before police.
Last night, a young person named Sallu was seen walking up to the police station. He was recorded on camera by onlookers while he went ahead to surrender before the cops. As his video landed on social media, it went viral in no time, with many netizens hailing UP govt’s strict measures in reining in the rioters.
In the video, a young boy said to be minor could be seen visiting the Karnalganj Thana last night & surrendering before police. Same night, his brother & brother-in-law were apprehended by the cops for alleged role in foment trouble.
Yesterday, the UP police released pictures of 40 people who were caught on camera hurling stones at the police officials. It was pasted at several places across the city and people were urged to share information about their whereabouts, if they come across one.
The UP police crackdown on Kanpur’s trouble mongers has come under scrutiny with many hailing the decision as reformatory, however, many vented ire against making their identity public claiming that this will create further divide.
Earlier also, when the rioters amassed on streets and vandalised public property & indulged in stone-pelting, opposing the roll-out of CAA, the police had adopted this practice of adopting naming & shaming strategy. Posters were displayed at many cross-sections of the state. Parties like Owaisi’s AIMIM saw it as ‘persecution of Muslims’ but the state govt rejected them as canards being spread to tarnish its image.
