Bulandshahr violence: Another accused arrested; count goes up to 35, say police

One more accused in last month's Bulandshahr mob violence, in which a police inspector and a civilian were killed, was arrested Monday, police said.

With this, the total number of arrests in the case has reached 35, they said.

"Pawan Kumar, who was named in the FIR but was absconding, has been arrested," Additional Superintendent of Police (city) Atul Kumar Srivastava said.

Kumar, aged around 32 years and a farmer by profession, was held Monday afternoon near the Bugarsi Road in Siyana tehsil, police said.

"We are interrogating Kumar and gathering more information, evidences to proceed further in the case," Srivastava said.

Last week, a key accused in the mob violence in Bulandshahr was arrested.

Yogesh Raj, the local convenor of Bajrang Dal, was on the run ever since the violence broke out in Siyana tehsil of the district on December 3, 2018, police said.

Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and civilian Sumit Kumar of Chingrawathi village were killed in the mob violence that broke out after