A joint team of Special Task Force and Saharanpur police arrested elusive Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad alias ‘Ravan’ — accused of orchestrating caste violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur on May 9 — from Subash Chowk area of Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh early Thursday morning.
An official communiqué said after his arrest, the 30-year-old lawyer and head of the Dalit outfit was being
brought to Saharanpur on a transit remand.
At least three cases of violence were lodged against him and others in connection with the Saharanpur violence that led to the death of three people and several houses being torched at Sabbirpur village.