The negligence of the Mathura police in handlijng the Jawaharg Bagh fiasco came to the fore once again when a US-made rocket launcher and an air gun were recovered from the encroached site.
Ironicall, to save itself the blushed, the police skirted the rocket launcher recovery and termed it to be equipment used for transfer of gas.
Sources in the police said that the Mathura Police during its search of Jawahar Bagh on Tuesday evening, recovered a rocket launcher with 'Magsun' and 'Made in USA' inscribed on it besdies an air gun and some cartridges.
IG (law and order) HR Sharma said in lucknow that besides huge cache of arms and ammunitions, 22 vehicles (including 14 four-wheelers) were recovered from the spot. He however denied the recovery of a rocket launcher. On the other hand, the Mathura Police claimed that the equipment was used for transfering gas but were making efforts to confirm it’s utility.
Sources also said that Secretary of a co-operative society Rakesh Gupta, who was missing for a fortnight, has been suspended by the Chairman of the society. Gupta was believed to be supplying food grains to Ram Vriksh Yadav and his cult, who had encroached Jawahar Bagh.
Besdies, the Mathura Police is also trying to confirm any possible Maoists connection of the gang members including that of kingpin Ram Vriksha Yadav.
Meanwhile, acting on the 56 cases registered for teh Mathura violence, the Mathura Police arrested 400 persons, including 97 women.
Surprisingly the identity of the miscreants killed in the encounter indicated that none belonged to Mathura. Besides Ghazipur native Ram Vriksha Yadav, the others have been identified as Mahesh Jaiswal of Siddharthnagar, Udai Ram Maurya of Rae Bareli, Rishi Pal of Betiya (Bihar), Asha Devi of Buxar (Bihar), Ram lakhan of Auraiya, Doctor Saheb of Muzaffarpur (Bihar), TT Babu of Kanpur City and Ramu.