“Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was staging a protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence outside his residence in Lucknow, has been detained by the police. He was taken in the vehicle of SHO Hazratganj police. Security was beefed up outside his residence ahead of his scheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of victims. Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav has also been detained. leader Shivpal Yadav has also been detained while he was on his way to Lakhimpur Kheri. protesters set on fire a police vehicle outside the residence of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday. The incident happened just a few metres away from the site where Akhilesh Yadav was sitting on a dharna near his residence after police stopped him from going to Lakhimpur Kheri. Akhilesh Yadav was later detained. In a video, policemen can be seen trying to douse the fire. “”Don’t know who did this. We went inside and someone did this,”” a policeman said.
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