The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe has further buttressed the theory that the Bulandshahr violence was indeed a well-orchestrated conspiracy as it has surfaced that those named and arrested for cow slaughter earlier were innocent.
Earlier, the local police had arrested four persons named in the FIR for cow slaughter and sent them to jail. The police are now preparing a report to get them released at the earliest.
Sources said that circle officer Raghvendra Mishra, who is a member of the SIT probing the Bulandshahr incident, found that all four accused — Sajid, Sarifuddin, Banne Khan and Asif — sent to jail were innocent.
The Special Task Force (STF) sleuths identified two persons — Sachin Kobra and Jani — and on finding their complicity in the cow slaughter with the help of CCTV footage, arrested them. Besides, the Bulandshahr police on Tuesday, claimed to have arrested three persons — Nadeem, Rais and Kala of Syana police station area — for cow slaughter in Mahav village.
A double barrel gun, a machete and a sharp-edged weapon were also recovered from them. One of their aides, Harun of Syana locality, managed to evade arrest.