19 held for blocking road, violence during protests over cow vigilante’s death in Mathura

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday said they have arrested 19 persons for allegedly blocking the Delhi-Agra highway and engaging in violence after the death of cow vigilante Chandrashekhar, popularly known as “Farsa Wale Baba”, in the Mathura district, PTI reported.

While protesters claimed that Chandrashekhar had been killed by cattle smugglers, the police maintained that he died in a road accident. He was hit by a truck amid dense fog, the police said.

The police alleged that thousands of supporters of the cow vigilante gathered on the national highway on Saturday and caused unrest while President Droupadi Murmu was in Govardhan town during a three-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported.