Three people have been arrested by the Agra police in reference to the homicide of a 25-year-old biryani store proprietor who was killed in a ‘revenge act’, a day after the lethal Pahalgam terror assault, the place no less than 26 vacationers have been killed.
The accused – Priyansh Yadav, 21; Shivam Bhagel, 20 and Manoj Chaudhary, 25, have been arrested.
Mohammed Gulfam and his brother Saif Ali have been closing for the day once they have been shot by Hindutva supporters. Though Ali escaped with a neck harm, his brother Gulfam died on the spot.
At a press convention, Agra police commissioner Deepak Kumar stated that Yadav and Bhagel carried out the assault whereas Chaudhary was arrested for posting the video of the shooters on his social media web page.
“All three have prison backgrounds. The third accused, Pushpendra Baghel, is presently on the run,” the police said. Manoj Chaudhary is a self-proclaimed cow vigilante and runs the Cow Raksha Dal organisation.
Kumar said that the homicide stemmed from a private grudge. “There was a dispute between Gulfam and Priyansh Yadav, Shivam Bhagel, and Pushpendra Baghel over cost. They made a video to capitalise on the Pahalgam killings and the Maharana Sanga controversy,” the police officer said.
The incident drew widespread consideration after assailants, additionally self-proclaimed gau rakshaks, posted a video on Instagram, claiming duty for taking pictures the 2 brothers in Agra’s Tajganj space.
“Bharat Mata ki saugandh, 26 ka badla agar 2,600 se na liya toh mei Bharat Mata ka putr nahi, Jai shri Ram, Jai Hindu Rashtra, Bharat Mata ki Jai (I take an oath on Mom India, if I don’t take revenge for 26 with 2,600, I’m not a son of Mom India, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Hindu Nation, Hail Mom India),” the person said within the video.
