Supreme Court to hear plea on Jawahar Bagh violence in Mathura

Lucknow: The BJP held massive demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh on Monday to protest against the Mathura incident and submitted memorandums tot he UP Governor through the district magistrates.

The Bahujan Samaj Party slammed the BJP for indulging in ‘drama’ and asked the centre to take direct and legal action against the Akhilesh government in the state. Meanwhile,  the Mathura police, on Monday, cremated the body of Ram Vraksh Yadav, the mastermind of the Mathura clashes.

The relatives of Yadav had refused to claim the body of Ram Vraksh who was apparently killed during the clashes in Jawahar Bagh in Mathura on June 2.

In a related development, the Supreme Court agreed to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking CBI probe into the Jawahar Bagh violence in Mathura.

A vacation bench of justices P.C. Ghose and Amitava Roy listed the matter for Tuesday after the plea was mentioned for urgent hearing by advocate Kamini Jaiswal.