KANPUR: Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested 19 more persons in the past 24 hours in connection with Friday’s violence in Kanpur, taking the total number of arrests to over 50. The main conspirator Hayat Zafar Hashmi and his three associates have already been arrested and sent to jail.
Police have also detained a printing press owner in Brahmnagar area of Kanpur for questioning for printing posters calling for a bandh to protest the alleged insult to Prophet Muhammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate.
