UP: Violent clashes in Amroha over power crisis

Amroha: Violent clashes broke out on Monday in the ruling Samajwadi Party's stronghold of Amroha over an ongoing power crisis.

The police lathicharged some of the protestors who were staging a sit-in at the Hasanpur area.

The mob retaliated by torching several police vehicles as well as trucks, a bus and a car.

The situation is said to be under control now. It's unclear whether there were any injuries or arrests.

Uttar Pradesh is in the grips of a power crisis, considered the worst in recent years.