Five more people were arrested on Tuesday, 19 December, for their alleged roles in the cases of mob violence and cow slaughter which came to light earlier this month in Bulandshahr. The violence had claimed the lives of an on-duty inspector, Subodh Kumar, and a civilian, Sumit, officials said.
Sumit’s family, after meeting with Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on 19 December, told ANI, “We demanded martyr status for him and that we receive the same financial help as Subodh Kumar. The CM assured that injustice won't be done.”
Three of them have been arrested by the Bulandshahr police for their involvement in the cow slaughtering case, while two accused were nabbed by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for the subsequent violence on 3 December, the officials said.
“Three men – Nadeem, Raees and Kaala – have been arrested for their role in the cow slaughtering incident. A vehicle and a licensed weapon have also been recovered from their possession.”Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhakar Chaudhary
He said the trio was not named in the initial FIR, which had seven accused including two minors of Nayabans village, but during probe their names emerged in the case.
Based on the initial FIR lodged by one of the prime accused, district Bajrang Dal convenor Yogesh Raj, four men – Sarfuddin, Sajid, Asif and Nanhe – were arrested but were later found to be “innocent.”
While speaking to The Indian Express, Chaudhary said, “Prima facie, we found all four persons arrested earlier are innocent and after verifying other details we will move the court for their release.”
“Police are investigating the matter and these three men have emerged for their actual role in the cow slaughter. Further probe is on," Chaudhary told PTI.
Sachin Singh alias Cobra (21) and Johnny Chaudhary (19) were arrested Tuesday evening by the Noida unit of STF, which had also joined the probe in the adjoining district, for their role in the violence on 3 December, a senior official said.
“Working on a tip-off, the two men, whose identity had been ascertained post the violence, were picked up at 4.15 pm from a bus stand in Gathiya Badshahpur in Siyana tehsil of Bulandshahr,” Deputy Superintendent of Police, STF, Raj Kumar Mishra said.
With the arrest of these two men, the number of the those held for the violence has gone up to 19 so far, SSP Chaudhary said.
An FIR against 27 named people and 50 to 60 unidentified people was registered at the Siyana police station for the violence that was witnessed at Chingrawathi police post after cattle carcasses were found strewn outside nearby Mahaw village of the district.
Police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and civilian Sumit Kumar, 20, were killed of bullet shots during the mob violence on December 3. One of the main suspects among the 27 named in the FIR, local Bajrang Dal leader Yogesh Raj, is still absconding, while an Army jawan, Jitendra Malik, has been arrested and remanded in custody.
(With PTI Inputs)
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