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SP supporters assault train passengers

In an apparent reaction to the assault on SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi by MNS legislators, a group of alleged Samajwadi Party supporters manhandled passengers of two trains at Mathura Junction, prompting authorities to step up security.

Updated on: Nov 10, 2009 03:32 PM IST
PTI | By , Mathura
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In an apparent reaction to the assault on SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi by MNS legislators, a group of alleged Samajwadi Party supporters manhandled passengers of two trains at Mathura Junction, prompting authorities to step up security.

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The incidents took place last night. However, police termed the attack as "stray incident".

"It was just a stray incident as everything is normal here," SSP B D Polson said today.

He, however, said, "security has been beefed up at railway station, bus station, and Dwarkadheesh and Danghati temples in the city."

The activists shouting anti-MNS slogans gathered at platforms and allegedly assaulted residents of Maharashtra travelling by Delhi-bound Jhelum Express and Mumbai-bound Deluxe Express trains, before leaving the station.

A group of SP supporters also burnt the effigy of Raj Thackeray at Bhuteshwar in the city.

 
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