In what could be seen as a response to the Kanpur clashes on last Friday, the Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday transferred Kanpur District Magistrate (DM) Neha Sharma. She has been posted as Director, Local Bodies, in the Urban Development Department. Ms. Sharma will be replaced by Vishakh G., who is currently serving as Special Secretary to the U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Former district secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Yuva Morcha, Harshit Srivastava, has been arrested for posting inflammatory content on social media platforms, Additional Director General of Police-Law and Order, Prashant Kumar, said.
Twelve others have also been arrested in connection with the violence, taking the total number of those held to 51, a senior official said.
