Bulandshahr violence: Prime accused who shot dead cop Subodh Kumar arrested

The Uttar Pradesh police have on Thursday arrested Prashant Nat, the prime accused in Bulandshahr violence in which two persons including an inspector was killed in a mob attack.

Subodh Kumar, who was posted at the Siana Police Station, was killed as a mob protesting over illegal cow slaughter went on a rampage torching a police post and clashing with police.

BULANDSHAHR: The Uttar Pradesh police have on Thursday arrested Prashant Nat, the prime accused in Bulandshahr violence in which two persons including an inspector was killed in a mob attack. Nat was accused of firing shots at inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. During the interrogation, it was revealed that Nat along with his accomplices, Rahul, David and five others, surrounded the slain cop and shot him dead. Nat was nabbed near the Noida-Bulandshahr border by the police. He was believed to be hiding somewhere in Noida. The police had already arrested four other accused in connection with the mob violence. An FIR against 27 named people and 50 to 60 unidentified people was registered at the Siyana police station for the violence that was witnessed at Chingrawathi police post after cattle carcasses were found strewn outside nearby Mahaw village of the district. Subodh Kumar, who was posted at the Siana Police Station, was killed as a mob protesting over illegal cow slaughter went on a rampage torching a police post and clashing with police. The postmortem report of Kumar had revealed that he died due to bullet injury. He was also attacked with stones and sharp weapons.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had termed the violence triggered by alleged cow slaughter a "political conspiracy" hatched by those who have lost political ground. "Those who wanted to create anarchy... the intentions of those who instigated riots after cow slaughter have been foiled," he had said.