Monu Manesar is a member of the Bajrang Dal
Monu Manesar, a self-declared cow vigilante, was today sent to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly inciting the violence in Nuh.
Here are five facts about Monu Manesar:
- The Bajrang Dal member, who was on the run, is a key accused in the murder of two Muslim men from Rajasthan, whose bodies were found in a car in Haryana in February.
- The 30-year-old is also accused of inciting the violence that broke out in Haryana's Nuh in July, in which at least six people were killed.
- Monu Manesar, or Mohit Yadav, leads a cow vigilante group in Mewat and is notorious for posting videos of cow vigilante attacks.
- He is also active in campaigns against "love jihad", the term used by the rightwing that accuses Muslim men of seducing Hindu women and forcibly converting them.
- He made headlines in 2019 when he was shot at while chasing alleged cow smugglers. He was also a member of a district cow protection task force set up by the Haryana government after a cow protection law was enacted in 2015.
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