In a gruesome act, a six year old girl who had gone missing on Diwali night was found dead in the forest near her house in Ghatampur area in Kanpur on Sunday morning.
Amid the firecrackers ban during Diwali in some districts of Uttar Pradesh, the state police started a drive to take action against illegal sales of the firecrackers.
The accused named Akhilanand was booked in Deoria for making objectionable remarks on social media against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other public figures.