Municipal corporators protest arrest of 2 corporators

Varanasi, Aug 21 (UNI) Corporators of the Varanasi Nagar Nigam (VNN) took to street here today demanding the release of two fellow corporators arrested by police recently in connection with a road hold-up.

Led by Sadhna Vedanti, Rajendra Gandhi, Teju Sonkar (BJP), O P Singh and Hira Yadav (SP) and Shambhunath Batul (Congress), the municipal corporators, cutting across party lines, carried out a protest procession from the VNN against the recent arrest of fellow corporators Manoj Sonkar and Om Prakash Sonkar.

The procession turned into a demonstration on reaching the office of Inspector General of Police (IG-Varanasi Zone) Kashmir Singh.

Since Dr Singh was not present in his office, the angry corporators raised anti-police and anti-district administration slogans.

Efforts by Senior Police Superintendent S B Shirodkar to take the memorandum enlisting demands of the corporators fell flat.

UNI