Lucknow, June 27 -- : Putting forward the state government's view point on the Etawah incident, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh on Thursday said action will be based solely on the crime committed and not on the basis of the caste of the accused. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav tried to give a caste colour to the matter, he alleged.A group of upper caste men allegedly tonsured the head of a religious preacher and his aide after finding that they were Yadavs at Dandarpur village of Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district.

After the tonsuring incident, the accused were arrested on Monday. The incident led to violence on Thursday."As soon as information of the Etawah incident was received, senior officials reached the spot and contro...