In Uttar Pradesh, the situation in Kheda village in Sardhana police area of Meerut is under control where the villagers clashed with police defying prohibitory and ban orders to hold the Mahapanchayat today. The Meerut divisional commissioner Manjit Singh said that one person was injured in the clashes and more than 50 persons have been arrested.

He however denied reports of any death during the clashes. The Mahapanchayat was convened by some political leaders to protest the slapping of the National Security Act (NSA) against BJP MLA from Sardhana, Sangeet Som who is in the jail on the charges of inciting communal flare in recent Muzaffarnagar violence.

AIR Lucknow correspondent quoting DM Meerut Navdeep Rinwa, reports that two government vehicles were burnt by the mob and many other vehicles were ransacked. He said thar irate villagers started pelting stones on the police personnel deployed there, who tried to disperse the unlawful gathering.

The DM said some policemen sustained injured in the stone pelting by the irate mob, ADG Police, law and order, Mukul Goel said a youth was also injured by the rubber bullet used by the police but he is out of danger. He said police fired warning shots and used rubber bullets to disperse the agitating mob. It also used tear gas shells to bring the situation under control.

AIR Allahabad correspondent reports that security forces have completely dispersed the people from the local college, venue of banned Mahapanchayat at Kheda village.

Meanwhile, CM Akhilesh Yadav said in Lucknow that nobody will be spared if he or she tries to break the law. The opposition parties including BSP, BJP, RLD and Congress have severely criticised the government for its alleged failure to handle the situation in Sardhana.