UP police arrests Shikhar Agarwal, accused in murder case of Inspector Subodh Singh
Shikhar Agarwal (File Photo)
Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested Shikhar Agarwal, an accused in murder case of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in Bulandshahr violence last year, reported news agency ANI. He was arrested from Hapur in UP.
Shikhar Aggarwal, accused in murder case of Inspector Subodh Singh in #BulandshahrViolence, arrested by Bulandshahr police from Hapur today pic.twitter.com/UTePsqiHV8
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 10, 2019
Shikhar is accused of inciting mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in which police inspector was killed. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was attacked with an axe and shot dead. A local Sumit Gautam was also killed in the violence.
Violence in Bulandshahr had broke out on December 3 after cattle carcasses were found in a field.
Uttar Pradesh police on January 3 had arrested Yogesh Raj, the main accused in Bulandshahr violence case. Yogesh is district convener of Bajrang Dal.
On December 27, police had arrested Prashant Nat who had allegedly shot the officer. He was arrested after his identification from a series of mobile phone-made videos of the violence.
The Bulandshahr SSP was shifted after the violence and some policemen were also transferred.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had first called the violence an “incident” but later said that it was a big political conspiracy.
By EP Web Desk
