Mathura: 19 held for blocking road, engaging in violence while protesting cow vigilante’s death
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The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday said they have arrested 19 persons for allegedly blocking the Delhi-Agra highway and engaging in violence after the death of cow vigilante Chandrashekhar, popularly known as “Farsa Wale Baba”, in the Mathura district, PTI reported.
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While protesters claimed that Chandrashekhar had been killed by cattle smugglers, the police maintained that he died in a road accident. He was hit by a truck amid dense fog, the police said.
The police alleged that thousands of supporters of the cow vigilante gathered on the national highway on Saturday and caused unrest while President Droupadi Murmu was in Govardhan town during a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported.
The authorities alleged that the protesters disrupted traffic for several kilometres and threw stones when the police tried to clear the highway. Several police personnel were injured in the violence, while a police outpost and government vehicles were damaged, the news agency reported.
The police have filed a first information report against one Daksh Chaudhary and his associates under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The police alleged that Chaudhary, who hails from Ghaziabad, is a history-sheeter who has allegedly been involved in vandalising and looting vehicles, PTI reported.
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