Lucknow, Dec. 18 -- Netizens have lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh authorities following a viral video purpotedly showing Kashmiri vendors being assaulted by Lucknow Municipal Corporation, within the vicinity of Gomti Nagar Police Station. The videos surfaced on the internet on Sunday, December 17.

According to the reports, the employees of Lucknow Municipal Corporation physically assaulted and overturned the carts of Kashmiri dry fruit sellers in an arbitrary action. They rounded up all Kashmiri vendors and placed them in an Uttar Pradesh police van.

Reacting to the fault-finding criticism from netizens, Lucknow police posted a response on X claiming that the authorities took the routine action during an anti-encroachment drive as the r...