New Delhi | The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the 3rd December Bulandshahr violence.
#Visuals: Police arrests Yogesh Raj, the main accused in #Bulandshahr violence case pic.twitter.com/AS5zQDF7hd
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Yogesh Raj, the arrested Bajarang Dal leader was absconding sicne December 3, the day violence broke out in Bulandshahr. Raj had earlier released a video claiming his innocence In a released video he said, “I have nothing to do with it. I have full faith in God. I will be cleared of all accusations,” adding that he was not present at the site of the incident when Kumar and Sumit received gunshot wounds.
On December 3, a mob of some 400 people rampaged through a village in Bulandshahr district apparently after cow carcasses were found in a jungle nearby. During the violence, Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a 20-year-old man died of gunshot wounds. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the violence.
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