trishuls marching to Nalhar temple. To maintain law and order my team snatched and seized their weapons. After this, they started raising slogans against the police and manhandled the team," said a complaint filed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Usha Kundu.
The ASP said that the group had squatted in front of the police vehicles where their weapons were kept. Soon after this, they had opened the rear gates of the vehicle and fled with weapons. "Bittu and others who had misbehaved with us and threatened to kill us were identified in the footage," ASP Kundu said in her complaint.
Bajrangi was he was questioned and later arrested from Faridabad following a fresh FIR based on Kundu's complaint. The FIR cited several sections of the Indian Penal Code including 148 (riots), 149 (unlawful assembly), 332 (causing hurt), 353, 186 (obstructing a public servant from discharging duty), 395, 397 (armed robbery), and 506 (criminal intimidation) as well as provisions of the Arms Act. Meanwhile the VHP sought to address claims about the cow vigilante's association with the Bajrang Dal, insisting that the VHP as a whole had no relation with the accused.
"Raj Kumar alias Bittu Bajrangi, who is said to be a Bajrang Dal worker, has never had any relation with Bajrang Dal. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) also does not consider the content of the video allegedly released by him to be appropriate," the right-wing outfit said in a statement. (With inputs from agencies)
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