LUCKNOW, May 1 -- The Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe Commission on Thursday directed the Lucknow Police Commissioner to register a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against those responsible for a controversial poster purportedly showing merged faces of Dr BR Ambedkar and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Taking suo-motu cognizance on behalf of the commission, UP SC-ST chairman Baijnath Rawat wrote a letter to the police commissioner Lucknow to take action against the culprits by registering a case under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Prevention Act 1989. The chairman also asked police to submit a report through a knowledgeable officer before the commission on 5 May at 11.30 am.

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