Agra: Violent protests over Jharkhand lynching

The Yogi Adityanath government, late on Monday night, transferred top police officials in Agra and Meerut for their apparent failure to contain violence that erupted during ‘unauthorized protest marches taken out against the lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand.

The state government transferred Inspector General Kanpur Alok Singh to Meerut in the same capacity while A. Satish Ganesh has been made IG of Agra.