Summary:
Noida, Jan 22 (PTI) Yogesh Raj, who was briefly arrested for alleged his role in the 2018 mob violence in Bulandshahr that led to the killing of two people, including an on-duty police inspector, has filed his nomination to contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
The nomination has been filed under the name Yogesh Kumar, as an independent candidate from the Syana assembly constituency, where voting is scheduled for February 10, according to his election affidavit.
In the affidavit, the Class 12-passout has mentioned his age as 26 and also declared that there are two criminal cases against him in which verdict is awaited, including the 2018 mob violence case.
Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and local resident Sumit had died of bullet injuries after violence broke out in the Syana area of western UP"s Bulandshahr district in December 2018.
The violence was triggered after cattle carcasses were found strewn outside Chingrawathi village.
Yogesh was among the 80 people, of which 27 were named and rest "unknown", who were booked by the police for their alleged role in the violence.