The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday transferred Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kasganj to Meerut, days after one person was killed in the communal clashes between two communities. Piyush Srivastava was appointed as the new SP of Kasganj after Sunil Kumar Singh was sent to Police Training School, Meerut, in the same rank, officials said. Clashes broke out between two communities on Friday after stones were reportedly pelted on the motorcycle rally taken out by VHP and ABPV volunteers as part of celebrations on the 69th Republic Day. At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched in the violence.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday transferred Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kasganj to Meerut, days after one person was killed in the communal clashes between two communities. Piyush Srivastava was appointed as the new SP of Kasganj after Sunil Kumar Singh was sent to Police Training School, Meerut, in the same rank, officials said. Clashes broke out between two communities on Friday after stones were reportedly pelted on the motorcycle rally taken out by VHP and ABPV volunteers as part of celebrations on the 69th Republic Day. At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched in the violence.