LUCKNOW:, April 3 -- As the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was tabled in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, police remained on their toes, with heavy deployment in Muslim-dominated areas, and opposition parties and clerics attacking the BJP-led government, terming it as an attempt to 'loot' waqf properties.

Police forces were put on alert in over 50 districts across the state, while vigilance was intensified in all 75 districts, said senior officials at UP Police headquarters in Lucknow on Wednesday.

They said all types of leaves of police personnel had been cancelled by the state police authorities. Leaves will be allowed to police personnel by competent authorities only under special circumstances, they added.

Flag marches by paramilitary forces as well...