Mathura violence News

In Mathura, an inspector openly entered the hotel and misbehaved with a young man. It is alleged that the inspector first abused the young man for roaming after 10 o'clock in the night, then dragged him and took him with him. The victim has complained about this entire matter to the DM.

A one-member judicial commission probing the violence at Jawahar Bagh will arrive here on Tuesday to record the statement of the prime witnesses in the case.

Charges under the stringent National Security Act have been slapped on three close aides of Ram Vriksha Yadav, the leader of the sect, members of which had encroached on government land at Jawahar Bagh area here and carried out an attack on police.

The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.

The 'security officer' of Ram Vriksh Yadav, the cult leader whose supporters had encroached upon Jawahar Bagh here leading to clashes with the police that left 29 people dead, has claimed that an RSS volunteer trained the squatters.

A judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh incident here began on Saturday with former Allahabad High Court judge inspecting the site where 24 people including two police officers were killed on June 2 during an anti- encroachment drive.

Two persons, alleged to be members of security staff of Jawahar Bag encroacher Ram Vriksh Yadav, were arrested today from Gokul barrage area and arms and ammunition and Rs 20,000 cash recovered from them, police said.

The Mathura clashes could have been avoided if the Akhilesh Yadav government had followed the high court order in a timely manner, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Thursday said.

Chandan Bose, the right hand man of Ram Vriksha Yadav, leader of encroachers of Jawahar Bag, carrying a reward of Rs 5000 on this head has been arrested from Basti district where he was hiding, police said Wednesday.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested one of the main accused in the Mathura violence case from Basti district of the state. 

BJP it seeks to use law and order as a major political plank against the ruling Samajwadi Party.

Coming down heavily on the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Friday said land grabbing had become institutionlised in the state under that party`s rule.

A one-man commission headed by the Allahabad High Court`s Justice (retd) Mirza Imtiaz Murtaza has been set up to investigate the circumstances leading to the June 2 violence.

Holding the Samajwadi Party Government in Uttar Pradesh and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre responsible for the recent violence in Mathura, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday alleged that both parties were insensitive on this matter with least interest in ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

The deadly violence in Mathura had left 29 people including two policemen dead.

Family members of Superintendent Police (city) Mukul Dwivedi, who was killed in the Mathura violence last week, on Wednesday demanded trial of the district magistrate and the district police chief for his "murder" and for allegedly "mishandling" the whole situation.

Thousands of trees were destroyed, many charred, in the violence that erupted last week following exchange of fire between police and squatters at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the Jawahar Bagh violence in the town.

Amit Shah declared on Tuesday that BJP will launch a campaign in to prevent land-grabbing in the state.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered judicial probe into the violence that occurred in Mathura.