84-kos Ayodhya yatra: UP govt issues arrest warrant against 70 VHP leaders bit.ly/1dc9b8w Uttar Pradesh Govt issues arrest warrantts against VHP leaders Shri Ashok ji Singhal, Dr Pravin Togadia, Dr Ramvilas Vedanti ji – Trustee of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust & 68 others. 20 VHP Bajrang Dal workers & leaders have already been arrested. August 23 / 24, 2013: Details: Faizabad: With VHP adamant in going ahead with its planned yatra from Ayodhya from Sunday, the Faizabad district administration today issued arrest warrants against its 70 leaders amid heavy deployment of police force in the twin towns. Ashok Singhal, Pravin Togadia and Ram Vilas Vedanti were among the leaders against whom the warrants were issued, Faizabad district magistrate Vipin Kumar Dwivedi told reporters in Faizabad. The yatra has been banned by the Uttar Pradesh government over possible communal flareup. According to police sources, 20 VHP activists have been nabbed while some senior leaders including Vedanti have gone underground. The Uttar Pradesh government also sought help from neighbouring states in intelligence-sharing on the movement of activists of the saffron outfit. “Neighbouring states have been asked for intelligence sharing in wake of the proposed 84 kosi yatra of VHP on August 25,” R K Vishwakarma, IG, Law and Order told reporters in Lucknow. The district administration is expecting about 40,000-50,000 VHP activists to take part in the 84-kosi Parikrama yatra
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