One
of the top cult members wanted in the Mathura violence case was arrested on
Friday from a village in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh. Rakesh Gupta
allegedly collected funds for the cult led by Ram Vriksh Yadav.
This is
the second major arrest in the case. Chandan Bose, stated to be the second in
command in the cult, was arrested Wednesday.
Gupta,
a resident of Badaun, was arrested from a village in Usait police station area
following a tip-off. He was reportedly hiding there for the last two days.
According
to police sources, Gupta reportedly collected funds for Yadav and also had an
important role in supplying arms to the camp at Jawahar Bagh.
The
sources added that Gupta’s network of collecting donations for the camp spanned
many states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Gupta
was the secretary of the government’s cooperative society in his village. He
was suspended from the post after the Mathura incident.
DIG,
Agra range, Ajay Mohan said Gupta was arrested by a joint team of Mathura and
Badaun police. He added that
cult leader Ram Vriksh Yadav, Chandan Bose — who has already been arrested — Girish Yadav and Gupta are main culprits in the case.
cult leader Ram Vriksh Yadav, Chandan Bose — who has already been arrested — Girish Yadav and Gupta are main culprits in the case.
The
officer said that Gupta will be brought to Mathura for further interrogation.
Police
is now looking for the son of Ram Vriksh Yadav, Vivek Yadav, who used to run a Facebook account
of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi organisation.
A
Mathura court has ordered a DNA test to ascertain if Ram Vriksh died during the
violence. Vivek’s arrest is important in that context too.
Twenty-nine
people, including then SP (City) Mukul Dwivedi and Station House Officer
(Farah) Santosh Yadav, were killed in a clash between police and squatters on
June 2.
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Source:
PTI/ Indian Express
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