UP: 19 held for blocking road, violence during protests over cow vigilante's death

MATHURA(UP): (Mar 22) Nineteen people have been arrested and sent to jail for allegedly blocking the Delhi-Agra National Highway and indulging in violence following the death of cow vigilante Chandrashekhar Das, popularly known as 'Farsa Wale Baba', police said on Sunday.

The arrests come a day after the 57-year-old was killed in an early morning incident near the Kosi Kalan area, which triggered large-scale protests and traffic disruption coinciding with President Droupadi Murmu's visit to the district.

According to police, thousands of supporters and disciples of the deceased gathered on the highway on Saturday and allegedly created unrest while the president was in Govardhan as part of her three-day Uttar Pradesh visit.