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  • Prophet remarks row: Lucknow police puts up posters of protestors, removes within hours

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: In a Jharkhand redux, the Lucknow Police had also put up the posters of protestors at various places across the city on Wednesday night only to remove them on Thursday. The Lucknow police had been conducting raids to arrest those who had indulged in violent protests at local Tile Wali Masjid after last Friday prayers.

    As per the police sources, the posters were put up for the identification of the trouble makers by the public.

    The authorities had also urged the people to inform the police if they came to know about the whereabouts of the protestors on the posters promising them (informers) that their identity would not be disclosed.

    As per the police sources, Lucknow police had identified around 200 trouble makers from the CCTV footage and video clips of the unrest at Tile Wali Masjid on June 10.  

    All the protestors were under the strict vigil of the police department.

    Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of Police Chiranjeev Nath Sinha claimed that in order to maintain peace during the Friday namaz, 61 sensitive locations were identified across the state capital. Besides 70 mosques were also identified where devotees gather in large numbers.  

    Moreover, the old city areas had total of 550 mosques and the entire city was divided into 37 zones to keep a vigil and ensure peace after the prayers, said Sinha. The entire city would be under strict vigil through drone cameras and adequate forces were deployed to avert any untoward incident.  

    Notices were also issued to owners of the houses where an unprecedented number of stones and empty glass bottles were spotted on rooftops added the police official.

  • ‘False reports’: Lucknow Police on rumours over NCB witness KP Gosavi ‘ready to surrender’

    By ANI

    LUCKNOW: Lucknow Police on Monday evening refuted media reports stating that Narcotics Bureau witness KP Gosavi, whose selfie with Aryan Khan has went viral on social media and who dismissed allegations of taking money from an individual after the cruise ship raid, of surrendering to them in the city.

    Addressing the reporters in Lucknow, Station House Officer (SHO) of Madiyaon, Manoj Singh said, “I did not receive any call on the matter. I have no information about it.”

    Gosavi said that allegations of taking money are false and the stories were fabricated to change the course of the investigation.

    In a conversation with ANI over the call, Gosavi said, “All allegations are false. They fabricated stories to change direction (of probe).” He alleged that it was him who was being threatened and said, “It’s I who was being threatened that I led to his (Aryan Khan’s) arrest. I received phone calls.”

    Gosavi told ANI that he would be surrendering to the police outside of Maharashtra and that all speculations would be cleared then. “I’m surrendering outside Maharashtra. Everything will be clear,” he said.

    Referring to NCB witness Kiran Gosavi’s statement to media that he would soon surrender, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Faraskhana division of Pune Police, Satish Govekar on Monday said that they have no information about it and are still searching for him.

    An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October 2. A total of 20 people, including Aryan Khan, have been arrested so far in the case.