Jan Man: Kasganj Violence: UP's governor says incident 'shameful', a 'blot' on UP

Jan Man: Kasganj Violence: UP's governor says incident 'shameful', a 'blot' on UP

 In an embarrassment for the Uttar Pradesh government, Governor Ram Naik today termed the Kasganj communal clash as a "blot" on the state and asked the government to initiate measures to ensure such incidents did not recur.

The governor noted that such an incident had occurred in the state for the first time in the last 9-10 months and described it as "shameful".

District authorities in Kasganj, which witnessed clashes between two communities last week, said the situation was returning to normal even as four more persons were arrested in connection with the violence.

At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched after a youth was killed in clashes following stone-pelting by a mob on a motorcycle rally taken out to celebrate Republic Day.