Bajrang Dal activist Monu Manesar picked up by Haryana police, says VHP
The Hindu
Monu Manesar, Bajrang Dal activist, was taken into custody by Haryana Police in Gurugram's Manesar on Sept 12. He is accused of murdering two Muslim men in Feb and triggering recent violence in Nuh.
Cow vigilante Monu Manesar, who was booked by Rajasthan Police for the murder of two Muslim men in February and is also accused by some to be a trigger for the recent violence in Nuh, was on September 12 taken into custody by policemen, his organisation said.
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Haryana Police did not confirm that the Bajrang Dal activist has been detained. But an office bearer of the group’s parent organisation, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), said he was picked up in Gurugram’s Manesar.
A video clip purportedly showed plainclothesmen taking him into custody.