Jawahar Bagh violence: Ram Vriksha Yadav's son arrested

Ram Vriksha Yadav was among the 29 killed in the clashes but Vivek managed to escape.

Mathura: The Mathura Police has arrested a son of Ram Vriksha Yadav, the main accused of the Jawahar Bagh violence in which 29 people were killed in the clashes between police and supporters of the cult leader last year.

Police on Tuesday arrested Vivek Yadav from near an ashram for allegedly posting provocative content on social media and for running the sect of which his father was the leader.

Ram Vriksha was among the 29 killed in the clashes but Vivek managed to escape.

"The accused was produced in court yesterday and has been sent to judicial custody," Superintendent of Police Mohit Gupta said.

The members of the sect, Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi, had encroached on the 270-acre Jawahar Bagh, which was government land, for two years and clashed with police when they tried to evict them.