A senior police officer, DCP Shahdara Amit Sharma was seriously injured in yesterday's violence. He had to undergo surgery for a head injury and is currently reported out of danger.
The situation in Kanpur also turned violent after protesters went unruly in the city. The violent Muslim mobs chased a police jeep and ransacked public property.
The Uttar Pradesh administration for all this while has been quite stringent, forbidding all religious events including namaz, on roads in various parts of the state.