Bulandshahr Violence: 11 and 12-year-old boys named for UP cow slaughter cases; interrogated for four hours
In a major development, in a cow slaughtering allegation in which Police Inspector Subodh Singh was killed after a clash broke out between cow slaughtering protestors and police, two children have been named as accused in one of the cases registered in Bulandshahr
On Monday, a clash broke out between protestors allgeding of cow slaughtering in Uttar Pradesh' Bulandshahr. Shaheed Subodh Singh was among two killed in the clash.
The two boys, aged 11 and 12 are among seven named in a complaint of cow slaughter registered after carcasses of cows were found strewn around in a forest near village Nayabans in Bulandshahr.
The complainant, a Bajrang Dal activist, Yogesh Raj is the main accused in the second case registered--- killing of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh's killing by a mob. Yogesh Raj is missing since the incident.
In a video, Raj can be seen arguing with the police and demanding action against cow slaughter on Monday. He is seen burning the police outpost and set vehicles on fire, shortly before the situation went out of hand and a mob attacked policemen.
In his complaint, Yogesh Raj named two children, a man who does not live in the village anymore and three names the villagers have never heard, reported NDTV.
The villagers were shocked that children have been named for cow slaughter. The father of one of the boys says that they were not in the village on the day when the incident took place.
"The police came to our house, called us to the police station and kept us there for four hours. They took the names of the boys and took my phone number. I was told we should be called again if required," the father said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to meet the family of Police inspector Subodh Singh in Lucknow on Thursday.
