Two Arrested In UP For Announcing Cash Reward To Beat Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait

An official said the arrested persons had announced cash reward of Rs 11lakh through posters, for thrashing farmer leader Rakesh Tikait with shoes in Uttar Pradesh.

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Updated on: 10 September 2021 8:05 pm

Two people were arrested by police in Uttar Pradesh on Friday for allegedly announcing a cash reward through posters for beating farmer leader Rakesh Tikait.

An official said the arrested persons had announced cash reward of Rs 11lakh through posters, for thrashing Tikait with shoes.

The police said the posters had appeared at several places and were issued in the name of the Kisan Karz-Mukt Abhiyan Sangathan.

Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Kunwar Gyananjay Singh in a statement said that it was found that Luv Vikram Singh, a resident of the Huzurpur police station area, got about 50 posters printed at a printing press run by Aman Gupta.

Luv Vikram Singh, also called Jaynu Thakur, pasted the posters at different places of the city on Thursday, he said, adding that the two were arrested on Thursday night.

Police have removed the posters from all places.

"There is no law and order problem in the city and district regarding this," the officer said. (With PTI inputs)