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Bajrang Dal, VHP activists pelt stones at Agra police stations, 14 arrested

Cases have been filed against 200 people for beating cops and causing damage

Activists of Bajrang Dal climb at the main gate of the Government Circuit House during a protest against the All Party Delegation for appeasing separatist elements in the Kashmir valley
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Activists of Bajrang Dal climb at the main gate of the Government Circuit House during a protest against the All Party Delegation for appeasing separatist elements in the Kashmir valley

Press Trust of India Agra
Fourteen persons associated with right-wing outfits were arrested after a case was lodged against over 200 persons for roughing up cops and causing damage at Agra's Sadar Bazaar and Fatehpur Sikri police stations yesterday.

Activists of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other outfits had hurled stones and roughed up policemen including a senior officer yesterday demanding the release of 5 men who had been held for allegedly harassing some persons from the minority community.

We have arrested 14 persons in connection with the violence yesterday, DIG Mahesh Mishra told PTI.

Police officials said that they had

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