New Delhi: Bajrang Dal member and self-styled cow vigilante Monu Manesar, who was accused of inciting communal violence recently in Nuh, was sent to 14 days judicial custody till September 24. He was detained by the Crime Investigative Agency of Haryana Police while he was going to a market in Manesar on Tuesday.
The officials of the Rajasthan police are also in touch with the Haryana police. He has been detained for a case registered in February this year.
Notably, Monu Manesar is an accused in the Nuh violence case as well as in the Junaid-Nasir lynching case.
A video clip purportedly showed plainclothesmen taking Manesar, whose original name is Mohit Yadav, into custody.
Meanwhile, Bharatpur SP Mridul Kachawa said that Rajasthan Police has received the information about Monu Manesar's detention, and is carrying out further procedures.
"We have received information that Haryana Police has detained Monu Manesar, who is wanted in Nasir and Junaid (lynching) case. Haryana Police is carrying out its further procedure and our officers are in contact with them. When their procedure completes, (our) District Police will begin theirs," he said.
Last month, the Haryana Police had said that an SIT would investigate cow vigilante Monu Manesar's video in connection to the violence in Nuh, Haryana.
Who Is Monu Manesar?
Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar is the leader of a cow vigilante group in Haryana's Mewat district. He has been in charge of the Bajrang Dal's campaign against cattle smugglers in Haryana and Rajasthan. The 30-year-old's name made headlines when the murders of alleged cow smugglers Nasir and Junaid in Rajasthan were reported earlier this year. The bodies of the two youths were found in a charred car in Loharu, Haryana's Bhiwani, a day after they were allegedly abducted.
Manesar is on the wanted list of Rajasthan's Bharatpur police. He also participated in efforts to check "love jihad" -- a term coined by rightwing outfits to describe "forcible conversion" of Hindu women by Muslim men.
