MEERUT: A day after absconding prime accused in Bulandshahr violence Bajrang Dal leader Yogesh Raj claimed innocence in a video, a fresh clip has been uploaded in social media by yet another accused on the run Shikhar Agarwal, claiming innocence and leveling severe charges against slain inspector Subodh Kumar."When we were transporting cow carcasses to Chingrawati checkpost , it was Subodh Kumar who resisted us. He intended to bury the carcass then and there. When I said this is grave crime and must come in front of public, he threatened to shoot me but we still managed to reach the checkpost. It was he who made friends with Muslims and orchestrated attack on our mothers (gau mata)."Agarwal is the member of BJP Youth wing and is one of the 27 booked who remains out of reach for police as of now. Focussing his attack on Kumar, he further claimed that it was "inspector who did not wish to get FIR registered.”Subodh was shot dead on Monday violence at Chingrawati checkpost after the police team was outnumbered by the mob protesting cow slaughter. An agitator Sumit Kumar was also killed by a bullet."I am being targeted because I support a party which believes in the well being of cow, Ganga and Gayatri. I have full confidence in this government but police have created an atmosphere of gundagardi. It is for the protection of the public. On the contrary they barged into my home and destroyed everything. If I am culprit then hang me and if not no action should be taken against me", he further states in the video.A day before, Yogesh Raj had also claimed innocence and said he was in Syana police station at the time of violence which is 6 kms from Chingrawati checkpost which was epicentre of clash. As of now only four persons have been arrested and police is now planning to send court notices of attachment of property of the absconding accused in the case. The accused belongs to nearby villages including Mahav, Chingrawati, etc.Speaking to TOI, ADG Meerut zone, Prashant Kumar said, "All accused have fled and now we are taking court route to slap notices of property attachment on their homes."Proceedings of attachment begin under sec 82 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) wherein an absconding person is given 30 days to appear before the court or section 83 is applied which allows the police to seize his property. The information is pasted on the absconder’s home in the form of notice.

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