An FIR has been lodged against 15 BJP activists including the district president for inciting violence in Mainpuri district on Saturday night.
Police said that some villagers caught a truck laden with cows and buffaloes near Exhibition maidan and started creating ruckus on smuggling of the livestock.
In between, BJP district president Shivdutt Bhadauria along with his supporters reached the site and they justified public concern. The BJP leader and his supporters allegedly incited the mob to take law in their hand while protesting against the incident. The mob was moved by BJP leader inflammatory speech and later torched the truck.
On information, a huge police force reached the place for investigation. The cops controlled the irate mob some how and later lodged a case against the BJP leader and 14 others and 14 others along. A case against the truck driver and itsowner was also registered by the police.
However, Bhadauria blamed that there is a nexus between police and the people involved in cow slaughtering. He further alleged that BJP would launch a mass agitation against such practice in the time to come.