 Jihadi Protests in UP turns violent;attacked people,vandalised
Buddha statue, shops and vehicles. 18/08/2012 03:31:49  PTI
Violence broke out in the Uttar Pradesh capital city on Friday
as hundreds of irate Muslims, protesting violence against the
community in Assam and Myanmar, took to the streets, attacked
people, and vandalised shops and vehicles in their way. It all
started after prayers on the last Friday of the month of Ramzan
when a mob of over 2,000 people, owing allegiance to Jamaat-e-
Ulem a took out a procession from old Lucknow after the 'alvida
namaaz' and began moving towards the Vidhan Sabha.  Raising
slogans against the killings of Muslims in Myanmar and Assam,
the crowd turned violent even targeting the famous Buddha Park
where they vandalised many statues and uprooted plants. The
police posse present there remained silent spectators.  The
crowd was finally physically stopped at the Vidhan Sabha when
the protestors wanted to proceed towards the chief minister's
Kalidas Marg residence.  The m