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AMN / LUCKNOW
Four people have been arrested and search is on for others in connection with yesterday’s violence in Syana area of Bulandshahar district in Uttar Pradesh. One policeman and a villager were killed in the incident.
Talking to media persons here, ADG law and Order Anand Kumar said, four to five people have also been detained for interrogation, while the main accused Yogesh Raj is still absconding.
Efforts are on to nab him. FIRs have also been lodged at the Syana police station against 27 other people and 50 to 60 unknown people under various sections of Indian Penal Code.
ADG Intelligence SV Shirodkar today visited the Syana. The situation is now under control in Syana, with heavy police deployed in the area. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the situation last night. He announced an ex-gratia of 50 lakh rupees for the family of the Inspector.
Meanwhile an activist of a prominent right-wing group is “Accused No. 1” in the frightening murder of a police officer by a mob that chased his car and shot him yesterday in violence that broke out after the cow carcasses were found scattered in a forest in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. Yogesh Raj, a member of the fringe group Bajrang Dal and the main accused, is missing while four have been arrested.
Yogesh Raj was the complainant in a separate case of cow slaughter after 25 carcasses were found by local people. He is seen in a video in which a police officer tries to placate him.
The police were targeted when they tried to clear a road blocked by a mob protesting with a truck where the animal carcasses had been gathered. Hundreds chased the policemen, threw stones at them and burnt down their police outpost and cars. A BJP lawmaker, Devendra Lodhi, told Press Trust of India that the violence erupted because the police took no action on the cow killings.
The Chief Minister has directed the Additional Director General of Intelligence to file a report within 48 hours. He said, after getting the report, stern action will be taken against those responsible for the incident. The Special Investigation Team, under the supervision of IG Range Meerut, has already been formed to probe the violence.