Lucknow, April 22 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police has termed as baseless Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's allegations about the dominance of Kshatriyas in the posting of station house officers (SHOs) in some districts of the state. Responsible people should not confuse people with misleading facts, the police said.

The Samajwadi Party chief had alleged recently that Kshatriyas were posted as SHOs in a majority of police stations in Agra, Mainpuri and Chitrakoot districts.

Rejecting the allegation, Uttar Pradesh director general of police Prashant Kumar said to the media on Monday, "The appointments of SHO are being done as per government orders. There has been some news on social media, which is wrongly quoting the number of SHOs, whi...