The Kanpur Police have arrested Shankar, the owner of Roma Printers, where the posters related to the bandh call on June 3 were printed.

Shankar, whose printing press is located in Brahmanagar locality, allegedly printed the posters without completing the required formalities.

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However, he told reporters that he had just printed 20 posters and was not aware where the remaining posters were printed.

But more than 1,000 posters were printed asking people to observe the bandh in protest against the controversial remarks made by two former BJP spokespersons, had been put up in various localities in Kanpur after which violence erupted in Beconganj.