<p class="title"> Wary of black flags, police officers allegedly forced a Muslim woman to take off her burqa (veil) at an election rally addressed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Ballia, about 400 km from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the sources, the woman, who had arrived at Adityanath's rally on Tuesday wearing a burqa, was asked by the officers to remove it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior police official said there were instructions to the local police to make sure that no one wearing black cloths should be allowed to enter the venue of the rally.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said that the cops were taking extra precaution after black flags were shown to Adityanath at his election rally in Meerut a few days back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter came to light when some reporters who were present at the rally, clicked pictures that showed the woman taking off her burqa. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The pictures showed the woman, who was in the arena reserved for the ladies, speaking to police officers, who had surrounded her. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The woman, sources said, identified herself as Saira Bano and told the officers that she was a supporter of the saffron party and was at the rally to listen to Adityanath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources here said that a probe had been ordered into the incident. "We will try to ascertain under what circumstances the woman was asked to take off her burqa," the official said here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the rally at Meerut, some farmers had reached the venue of the rally carrying black cloths and started waving them as soon as Adityanath began to speak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP workers had thrashed the farmers and a video footage showed injured people being escorted out of the rally by cops.</p>
<p class="title"> Wary of black flags, police officers allegedly forced a Muslim woman to take off her burqa (veil) at an election rally addressed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Ballia, about 400 km from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the sources, the woman, who had arrived at Adityanath's rally on Tuesday wearing a burqa, was asked by the officers to remove it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior police official said there were instructions to the local police to make sure that no one wearing black cloths should be allowed to enter the venue of the rally.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said that the cops were taking extra precaution after black flags were shown to Adityanath at his election rally in Meerut a few days back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The matter came to light when some reporters who were present at the rally, clicked pictures that showed the woman taking off her burqa. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The pictures showed the woman, who was in the arena reserved for the ladies, speaking to police officers, who had surrounded her. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The woman, sources said, identified herself as Saira Bano and told the officers that she was a supporter of the saffron party and was at the rally to listen to Adityanath.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources here said that a probe had been ordered into the incident. "We will try to ascertain under what circumstances the woman was asked to take off her burqa," the official said here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the rally at Meerut, some farmers had reached the venue of the rally carrying black cloths and started waving them as soon as Adityanath began to speak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP workers had thrashed the farmers and a video footage showed injured people being escorted out of the rally by cops.</p>