In pics: Deadly clashes in Mathura lead to 24 deaths

Twenty-four people, including an SP and an SHO, have been killed in the massive clash between police and encroachers that broke out in Mathura on Thursday even as Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an inquiry.

Twenty-one people, including an SP and an SHO, have been killed in the massive clash between police and encroachers that broke out in Mathura on Thursday even as Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered an inquiry.

Injured being treated after clashes between police and activists at a hospital in Mathura. (Hindustan Times)

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A fire breaks out after clashes between police and encroachers, who were being evicted from Jawahar Bagh in Mathura.

The violence had erupted when police were trying to evict illegal occupants, believed to be of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, from Jawahar Bagh yesterday on the directions of the Allahabad High Court.

In Lucknow, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered a probe by the divisional commissioner of Mathura, an official spokesperson said.

The encroachers, who have been on a protest for two years, demand “cancellation of the elections” of the President and Prime Minister of India.

Some people died from police fire, but 11 deaths occurred when the gas cylinders burst and set fire to the area.

Two bullets hit Station Officer (Farah), Santosh Yadav, who was declared dead on arrival by doctors at Niyati Hospital.

A policeman is treated after being injured in clashes with activists, believed to be of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, at a hospital in Mathura.