Jail on UP-Uttarakhand border remained vacant during yatra clamp

August 26, 2013 14:53

Even as 1,700 supporters including top leaders were arrested in a massive crackdown by the UP administration to foil defiant VHP's yatra, a temporary jail on UP-Uttarakhand border remained vacant, police said today.

The temporary jail on UP-Uttarakhand border falling on Delhi-Haridwar National Highway, established for lodging activists, remained vacant till yesterday, SHO Sushil Kumar Dubey said.

Sadhus and activists from neighbouring Hardiwar district were anticipated to cross over in support of the yatra but no arrests were made there as nobody crossed the border, he said.

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