Bajrangi brandished sword during yatra, attacked cops

Cow vigilante Raj Kumar, better known as Bittu Bajrangi, who was arrested on Tuesday from his home in Haryana’s Faridabad, was sent on one-day police remand on Wednesday by a local court, said police officers familiar with the matter.

- Leena Dhankhar

 

Investigators on Wednesday said they have booked Bajrangi and 20 others for allegedly brandishing weapons during the Brajmandal Dharmik Yatra. The annual procession was attacked in the Nalhar village of Nuh district on July 31, leading to communal violence in which six people died and 88 others were injured.

Bajrangi released a video a day before the yatra provoking the Muslims. The investigators, however, clarified that he was not arrested over the inflammatory video, but brandishing weapons such as swords and tridents with a group of 20 people during the procession. The group also allegedly snatched the weapons from the police after they were seized from them, the officer said.