Bulandshahr violence : Main accused Yogesh Raj arrested by UP police
Yogesh raj (Photo : Twitter)
Photo : Twitter
Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested Yogesh Raj, the main accused in Bulandshahr violence case, reported news agency ANI. Yogesh is district convener of Bajrang Dal. Violence in Bulandshahr had broke out on December 3 after cattle carcasses were found in a field.
#Visuals: Police arrests Yogesh Raj, the main accused in #Bulandshahr violence case pic.twitter.com/AS5zQDF7hd
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 3, 2019
Yogesh is accused of inciting mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in which police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed. Singh was attacked with an axe and shot dead. A local Sumit Gautam was also killed in the violence.
He could be arrested nearly after a month of the incident. The police claimed in a press release that they acted on a tip-off and laid a trap to arrest Yogesh Raj.
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.
Updated on : Jan 3, 2019 at 10:43 IST
By EP Web Desk
