Meerut on high alert for Ambedkar Jayanti, Internet suspended
Meerut on high alert for Ambedkar Jayanti, Internet suspended Meerut is on high alert on Saturday on the 127th birth anniversary of Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar. On April 2, Meerut witnessed widespread protests against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST atrocities act. As a security measure, the internet services have been blocked from 9 pm on Friday to 8 pm on Saturday, an official at the district magistrate’s office said. 21 spots in Meerut city and 35 in rural areas have been identified as hyper sensitive, the administration said. The district has been divided into 22 sectors. Each sector is under a circle officer and a magistrate who have local police and Rapid Action Force to assist them, the official report said. One person each died in the clashes in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. A police post was also set on fire in Shobhapur. In the tension that followed, a Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Dalit worker was shot dead in Shobhapur village on April 4. -PTC News
