The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested 14 members of the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal in connection with the attack on police stations in Agra on Saturday.
A mob of Hindutva activists, mostly members of the Bajrang Dal, an RSS affiliate, attacked the Fatehpur Sikri and Sadar police stations and beat up a Deputy Superintendent of Police and a station-in-charge.
The attack was mounted in a bid to ‘free’ six fellow activists arrested on charges of harassing Muslim grocery owners. It came a day after the residence of the Senior Superintendent of Police of Saharanpur was attacked by a mob led by BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal.
According to senior police officials the mob attack on the police stations was allegedly led by the local BJP MLA, Udaybhan Singh. Members of the minority community had filed a complaint against the activists after which the police had arrested them and kept them in custody at the Sadar police station.
According to the SSP, Agra, Dr. Pritinder Singh, the Hindutva mob barged into the police station at night and tried to open the cell and release their men. Police personnel lathi-charged the mob which pelted stones at them. In the confusion it tried to snatch the revolver of Sub-Inspector Santosh Kumar and set a few vehicles outside the police station on fire.
