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Tension prevails in Lucknow's Balrampur village, nine cops suspended

LUCKNOW: Tension and panic prevailed in Puraina Buland village under Utraula police station area in Balrampur district on Thursday after remains of some dead animals were recovered from in front of a temple.

Heavy police force was deployed to avert any eventuality, while nine cops of the village police post were suspended following laxity.



Around 3 pm, remains of some dead animals were recovered from in front of the temple entrance. News of which spread like wildfire in the village and people of one group started protesting against another group.

This led to a backlash from another group of the same village resulting in an ugly scene. However, seeing the situation getting worse, some of the villagers informed the police.

Additional superintendent of police, Balrampur, Arvind Mishra said soon after information heavy police forces were rushed to the spot and situation was controlled.

"Prima facie it seems to appear that to disturb communal harmony some mischievous elements placed the remains of the dead animal in front of a Hindu temple. It has been sent to the lab for testing while an FIR has been registered and efforts are on to trace the miscreants," said Mishra.

He also said that nine cops from the Maihdaiya police outpost in the village were suspended for failing to control the situation.

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