Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha leader, three aides arrested in Agra cow slaughter case

The Uttar Pradesh police arrested Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha national spokesperson and three of his aides in connection with a case of cow slaughter in Agra on March 30.

The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday arrested Sanjay Jat, national spokesperson of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, and three of his aides in connection with a case of cow slaughter in Agra on March 30.

“Sanjay Jat, Jitendra Kushwaha, Brajesh Bhadoria and Saurabh Sharma have been arrested and produced in court. It has come to light during the investigation that they had enmity with four persons and wanted to implicate them in the case,” Rakesh Kumar Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chhatta, said.

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On March 30, members of the right-wing group reported the killing of a cow at Gautam Nagar in Agra amid Ram Navami festivities. A first information report (FIR) was lodged based on a complaint filed by Mr. Kushwaha, who accused four Muslim men of committing the crime, a senior police officer investigating the case said.

The police found the carcass in the area and picked up one of the Muslim men from his house at 3 a.m., the officer said.

However, the police investigation revealed that the Muslim men were not involved in the case and Mr. Jat’s associates allegedly committed the offence to frame the men. “Call detail records (CDR) showed that those named in the FIR were not present at the crime spot,” the officer said.

The police said Mr. Jat’s aide, Jhallu, was a butcher of cattle and the Muslim men were his competitors.