Agra under control, curfew relaxed

LUCKNOW: While Agra limped back to normalcy on Thursday, 13 police personnel including an additional superintendent of police, were suspended for negligence while on duty. Curfew was relaxed in phases in all the six police circles where prohibitory orders were issued after violence broke out on Wednesday morning.
ASP (City) Rahul Yojendra was held responsible for the failure to check traffic on Mahatma Gandhi Marg, and allowing trucks in "no entry" zone that eventually led to the death of four youth.According to DGP Vikram Singh, ASP Yojendra has been suspended and asked to report to the director general of police (DGP) headquarters at Lucknow.
"Station Officer (SO) of Loha Mandi police station, Ranjit Singh Rana, along with head constable HP Sharma, and constables Surendra Singh and Pramod Kumar, have also been placed under suspension for mishandling the situation," said deputy inspector general (DIG) of Agra Range, Kamal Saxena, talking to TOI over phone from Agra.
Moreover, curfew was relaxed in phases in all the police circles during which residents thronged market places in large numbers to purchase necessary items and groceries. No untoward incident was reported from any part of the city on Thursday.