Uttar Pradesh Police have booked at least 30 people which also includes a local farm leader and village heads on Saturday. According to the officials, they have been detained on charges of rioting after they allegedly freed two men held by forest officials.Circle Officer (CO) Shakil Ahmad informed the media officials that two persons, identified as Alijan and Kuldeep were arrested by the forest officials for cutting grass from Barasingha forest range in Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.“As per the police complaint lodged by forest officials, as many 30 people including Bhartiya Kisan Union president Akhilesh Choudhry, two village heads: Gopal Singh and Avtar Singh, along with unidentified persons took the arrested accused from their custody,” the CO said.Both the accused, Alijan and Kuldeep have also been named in the FIR.Police informed that they have been booked under IPC sections of rioting, assault, use of criminal force to deter public servants from the discharging their official duty.
