He is one of the 27 accused named in the FIR.
Indian Army on early hours of Sunday handed over jawan Jitendra Malik accused in Bulandshahr violence to Uttar Police. He was allegedly involved in the violence that led to the killing of Inspector Subodh Singh and Sumit Kumar The violence was triggered after cattle carcasses were found in nearby field in Bulandshahr.
SSP Abhishek Singh of STF Meerut was quoted by ANI as saying," We've arrested Army jawan Jitendra Malik, he was handed over by Army at 12:50 am today.Preliminary interrogation has been done.He is being sent to Bulandshahr, will be produced before court for judicial custody".
Police officer further said:
A special team from Army came from J&K to UP to hand over Jitendra Malik. Indian Army chief Rawat earlier on Saturday had assured the police of full cooperation. He said,"If some evidence surface we will bring him to the police if they want. If anyone has any suspicion we will produce him to the police. We will fully cooperate in the investigation. "
Sedition is one of the 17 charges in the FIR in which 27 people have been named besides 50-60 unidentified people.
Jeetu alias Fauji of Mahav village is a named accused in the case, Inspector General (Crime) S K Bhagat told reporters in Lucknow when asked about his alleged involvement in the mob violence.Jeetu's actual name is Jeetendra Malik and he is the 11th suspect named in the first information report (FIR) lodged at Siyana police station on December 4.
Sources that PTI spoke to in the village revealed that Jeetu had come to the village on leave and was "present at the site of violence" but left soon after the incident on Monday afternoon. His elder brother is also in the Army.
"Both of my sons are in the Army. They are not here, they on duty," his mother Ratan Kaur told PTI, adding the police had raided her house around 1 am Tuesday, assaulted her daughter-in-law, vandalised the house and picked up her husband, Rajpal Singh.
With agency inputs
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