Uttar Pradesh: Three held for scuffling with police in Moradabad

Shyam said that the administration had given permission for one loudspeaker six months ago following a discussion with the members of both communities. He added that Sharma’s family, which claims to be the temple’s caretaker, placed seven more loudspeakers over the last three months. Shyam said that people from both the communities had been objecting to the loudspeakers that disturbed studies of children. Shyam added that Sharma is an accused in the murder of a journalist in 1997 and was out on bail.

SSP Manoj Tiwari said that the police team had tried convincing the family to remove the loudspeakers, but they refused to listen and scuffled. Kundarki outpost in-charge sub-inspector Anush Tomar said that the members of Muslim community recently lodged a complaint, requesting removal of additional loudspeakers. They initially asked Anuj to remove them but he ignored their request.

“We reached the temple on Friday and started removing the additional loudspeakers when Anuradha, her daughter, son and a few others objected to it. As policemen ignored them, Anuradha and others scuffled with the policemen pushing them back… Lalit suffered injury in his left leg while being pushed as he fell down.”