After the violent accident, the village in Uttar Pradesh evacuated Ambedkar, Buddha statue

Vibharapur village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh remained tense on Sunday after villagers (mostly Dalits) clashed with police as Dalits evacuated statues of BR Ambedkar and Lord Buddha and evacuated from government land earlier on April 5.

Police arrested eight people in the incident, and at least seven police officers were injured when locals stuffed stones. Other police have been deployed in the area to prevent any adverse events.

“The statistics were installed by villagers on a platform in front of the Panchayat Bhawan in March — on government land. After receiving multiple complaints, the local administration served a notice for removal of the statuses within three days. But 22 days later, locals had not removed the statuses. Following orders from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and Circle Officer, police and revenue officials removed the statuses. As the law enforcement officials were about to leave a group of villagers inciting women to pellet bones at them, injured eight policemen and damaged the vehicles of the officers in the circle. Hindu.

He added that eight people were arrested for the incident and a case was registered against the participants.

In recent months, dozens of conflicts related to the Ambedka statues related to the authorities’ transviolence or dismissal have been reported to have begun and have led to tensions facing local Dalits in multiple areas suspected of masters or ignorant governments.