Lucknow: For the second consecutive Friday, people of the Muslim community in UP demonstrated in various districts against the remarks of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on the Prophet Mohammad. There was ruckus and sloganeering in Prayagraj, Lucknow, Moradabad and Saharanpur. The situation was worst in Sangamnagari Prayagraj. There was a lot of sloganeering and ruckus after Friday prayers in Atala here. When the police tried to stop, the Muslims started pelting stones.

After which the police chased the people who were rioting by lathi-charge. Even after this, the miscreants did not calm down, so the police fired tear gas shells and the aerial firing was also done. IG Rakesh Singh has also been injured in stone pelting. Apart from this, many policemen have been injured. The miscreants have set a trolley on fire. Police are firing in the air to stop them from arson. The District Magistrate, SSP and media persons have also been stoned. Several RPF jawans have also been injured. Stone pelting is going on continuously for one and a half hours. ADJ has warned the protesters of strictness on not pelting stones.

Even after the RPF chased the miscreants into the streets, there was intermittent stone pelting. In Prayagraj, District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Khatri and SSP Ajay Kumar also reached outside Chowk Jama Masjid before Friday prayers and requested people for peace. It is being told that even after the vigilance of the police after the Friday prayers, the anarchists created a ruckus by moving the minor boys present in the Atala intersection and its surrounding streets. The boys from the street started pelting stones at the police team. More than half a dozen policemen have been injured in this.

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