RSS front organisations launch violent attacks on Police stations and policemen. Hooliganism rampant in UP

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NB: The Bajrang Dal and VHP are fronts of the RSS. We can see what respect they have for the law, and what they plan to do to the Indian constitution. It is utter hypocrisy for the Modi government to criticise Maoist violence when their parent organisation is unleashing controlled mobs as and when they like. It is clear that these musclemen believe the BJP victory in UP is a license to run riot, because they are assured of political protection. Let us see whether the BJP's leaders have any use even for the mask of respect for law. Judges, magistrates and IPS/IAS officers can curb this hooliganism, but it will require courage and a willingness to remember their oath of office, which many senior elected representatives have forgotten. India is not the fiefdom of a private army. DS

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Fourteen persons were arrested by the police on Sunday after a case was registered against over 200 people for attacking Sadar Bazaar and Fatehpur Sikri police stations in Agra on Saturday. The members of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other groups attacked the police stations, hurling stones and roughing up policemen, demanding release of five men. According to a PTI report, the police registered cases against 30 people belonging to these groups and 200 other unidentified persons on charges of dacoity, unlawful assembly, rioting, obstructing a public servant in discharge of his duty and causing damage by fire. DIG Mahesh Mishra told PTI that they have arrested at least 14 people in connection with the violence yesterday. The five men were detained for allegedly harassing some people belonging to minority community. As per reports, a BJP MLA was also among the mob but had left before the violence started. The mob allegedly slapped Achnera Circle Officer Ravi Kant Parashar and thrashed a sub-inspector at Sadar Bazar police station.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/agra-violence-14-arrested-after-attack-on-police-stations-4625160/

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Violence erupted in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday as a state police personnel was allegedly attacked by members of the rightwing Hindutva outfit Bajrang Dal. The mob later set the officer's vehicle ablaze. The incident took place when protestors, led by BJP Fatehpur Sikri MLA Udaybhan Singh, went to the Sadar Bazaar police station to demand the release of 5 people, believed to be Bajrang Dal workers, who had been held there. The assault on Sub-Inspector Santosh Kumar and the burning of his car happened soon after the MLA had left the scene, The Indian Express reported.

The five men had been detained after they gheraoed the police station in the morning demanding that an FIR filed against 9 Hindu men for beating up members of the minority community be expunged. They also wanted a fresh case to be registered against the members of the minority community, who were allegedly attacked in the first place.
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Bajrang Dal activists attack police station to rescue 5 from lock-up
The Sadar Bazar police station in Fatehpur Sikri of Agra came under attack by Bajrang Dal activists yesterday as they attempted to rescue five of their 'co-workers'. The attackers set a vehicle ablaze during the attack on the police station. One policeman was injured in the clashes with the agitators. The detained persons were said to be Bajrang Dal activists, who were taken into custody following a clashes with police earlier in the day at Fatehpur Sikri police station. The agitators demanded that a case registered against the activists of the Bajrang Dal and VHP in an assault case be withdrawn. They also sought action against some policemen. The protesters were led by BJP Fatehpur Sikri MLA Udaybhan Singh. However, police said that the attack by the Bajrang Dal activists took place after the legislator left the spot. Fourteen persons associated with different right-wing outfits have been arrested in connection with violence. "We have arrested 14 persons in connection with the violence yesterday," said DIG Mahesh Mishra.

HOW IT BEGAN: It all started on Saturday morning when nine men, reportedly belonging to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, were booked on the charges of beating up men from minority community. The suspects were detained by police. But, as the news spread activists of Bajrang Dal and VHP reached the Fatehpur Sikri police station, where they, according to local reports, had a heated exchange with the Circle Officer Ravikant Parashar. As tempers flew, VHP leader Jagmohan Chahar reportedly slapped the CO. The police responded with lathicharge causing minor stampede. Later, a mob gheraoed the Fatehpur Sikri police station and pelted stones at it. Local reports say that police responded in the same kind. It went like this for about half-an-hour. People on both sides received injuries. Some more people - five to six - were taken into custody. Five of the detained men were taken to Sadar Bazar police station, where the Bajrang Dal activists launched an attack late night… read more:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/agra-bajrang-dal-police-station/1/935992.html

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