Meerut: Two days after his namesake’s picture was put on the wanted list for the December 3 Bulandshahr violence, the real accused, Vishal Tyagi, surrendered in a court in the district on Monday. He was sent to jail soon afterwards.Tyagi is one of the accused in Bulandshahr violence and had been absconding ever since protests over alleged cow slaughter turned violence in Syana tehsil which led to the murder of a police inspector and a protester on December 3.In all, 18 people have been arrested. According to Bulandshahr SSP Prabhakar Chaudhary, “On Monday, one of the named accused in the FIR in Bulandshahr violence, Vishal Tyagi, surrendered in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM). He was sent to jail. Now, a total of 18 accused have been arrested for their role in the violence so far.”After the Monday’s development, the accused’s namesake, Vishal Tyagi, who is the employee of a city-based blood bank, heaved a sigh of relief. “Though police had given me a clean chit in the matter, but I was still scared. Bulandshahr violence was a big incident and I even had to leave my house for fear of arrest when I saw my picture against his name in the police’s wanted list,” he said.However, the main accused and Bajrang Dal leader, Yogesh Raj, continues to evade arrest as police claim to be raiding all his possible hideouts. After the violence, 27 identified and 60 unidentified persons were booked. Later, six more names came to light during the investigation.Police have already begun the procedure of attaching properties of the absconding accused by pasting notices at their houses under section 82 of CrPC. As of now, notices have been pasted on the houses of 25 accused.Meanwhile, Bulandshahr police has released yet another picture of a man holding a brick during the violence and has shared it on social media seeking his details. According to police sources, the picture has been extracted from a video of the violence.

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