Muzaffarnagar: As many as 270 people have been booked in connection with the violence at Sherpur village of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh wherein eight people, including five policemen, were injured.
The violent episode unfolded after a team of police raided several Muslim houses in Sherpur on Friday after miscreants provided them false information of “cow slaughter”.
When the police did not find any suspicious item during the search, they started searching nearby houses which angered the people, who opposed the police action and started pelting them with stones.
“270 people, including the village head, have been charged with rioting, participating in unlawful assembly, damaging public property, attempt to murder and related offences,” Superintendent of Police (City) Rakesh Kumar Singh said.
Two police motorcycles were also set afire during the violent episode under Kotwali police station limits, Singh said.
Meanwhile, the sub-inspector of the police outpost concerned has been transfered while other personnel have also been moved out, the SP said.
In the wake of the violence, extra police force was deployed in the village to ease the tension.
(Agencies)
