Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi, arrested in connection with communal clashes in Nuh earlier this month, was granted bail by a court on August 30, police said.
Mr. Bajrangi was produced in the Nuh court on August 17 from where he was sent to a 14-day judicial custody in Neemka jail of Faridabad district.
After hearing Mr. Bajrangi’s bail application on August 30, the court of judicial magistrate First Class Sandeep Kumar granted him bail, Nuh police said.
Mr. Bajrangi alias Raj Kumar was arrested from Faridabad on August 15 after a fresh FIR was registered against him at Nuh’s Sadar Police Sation on a complaint of Assistant Superintendent of Police Usha Kundu.
According to the FIR, Mr. Bajrangi, who was identified through social media posts, along with some of his unidentified supporters, had allegedly misbehaved with and threatened an ASP Kundu-led police team which had stopped them while they were carrying swords and ‘trishuls’ to Nalhar temple.
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