Bittu Bajrangi, also known as Raj Kumar, who has been accused of instigating the violence in Haryana’s Nuh district, was questioned and subsequently arrested at the Sadar Nuh Police Station on Tuesday, 15 August.
He was previously booked for hate speech and ‘outraging religious sentiments’ on 1 August, a day after violence broke out in the region.
On 31 July, communal tensions gripped Nuh and several other districts in Haryana after violence broke out during the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, a procession led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) — a right-wing Hindutva organisation.
Bittu, in his Facebook video had allegedly claimed that he would participate in this yatra. Soon, several other videos made by locals in response to those by Monu Manesar and Bittu went viral on social media.
Moreover, Bajrangi, who is the president of the Gau Raksha Bajrang Force and an associate of wanted ‘cow vigilante’ Monu Manesar, is known for leading rallies against ‘love jihad’ and putting up posts on social media, asking his followers to boycott shops run by Muslims.
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