Yogesh Raj is the main accused in the December mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr
Lucknow: Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the December mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in which a police officer was killed, has top billing in posters of the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu right-wing group greeting people on Makar Sankranti festival and Republic Day.
Yogesh Raj, a district leader of Bajrang Dal, was arrested on January 3, exactly a month after police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in mob frenzy over cow slaughter allegations. The police say he raised the cow slaughter complaint after the discovery of carcasses at a forest, and incited a mob that targeted policemen.
On the posters by Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Yogesh Raj "wishes" people on behalf of the two organisations on the occasion of Makar Sankranti and the upcoming Republic Dal celebrations.
The Bajrang Dal has said its leader is innocent and will be cleared of the allegations. [ . . .] https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bulandshahr-violence-main-accused-yogesh-raj-sends-festival-wishes-in-bajrang-dal-posters-1977300
