Cow vigilante wanted for Nuh violence arrested

NT Bureau, Agencies

Gurugram: Cow vigilante Monu Manesar was arrested Tuesday in connection with the violence in Haryana's Nuh district in July, a police official said.

The official said Manesar was sent to 14 days in judicial custody by a Nuh court. The Bajrang Dal leader was arrested in Gurugram's Manesar.

A video clip that surfaced online showed plainclothesman taking Manesar, whose original name is Mohit Yadav, into custody. The exact charges against Manesar were not immediately known.

A video clip that surfaced online before the July 31 violence had Manesar (30) saying he would participate in the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek procession and asking people to join the yatra.

Mobs attacked the VHPled yatra in Nuh. Six people were killed in Nuh and Gurugram in the violence. For days, Nuh and adjoining districts were on edge as authorities clamped prohibitory orders and imposed restrictions on mobile internet.

On February 16, the charred bodies of two men named Nasir and Junaid were found in a car in Haryana’s Bhiwani after they were abducted by cow vigilantes from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur.

Ismail, the brother of Junaid, had alleged that the victims were taken to a police station after they were assaulted by the vigilantes but the police in Haryana’s Nuh refused to take them into custody.