<div>Though the Uttar Pradesh police killed the mastermind of Mathura violence Ram Briksh Yadav at Jawahar Bagh Park on Thursday, thousands of his supporters managed to dodge the cops. <br /><br />The death toll from Thursday’s clashes between encroachers of Jawahar Bagh and the police on Sunday rose to 29 with two more people succumbing to injuries even as the Aligarh Divisional Commissioner launched a probe into the incident.<br /><br />The police officials apprehended that the cult members might be hiding at “ashrams” and religious places in and around Mathura and try to re-group.<br /><br />Caught off guard initially after being confronted with a hostile and armed mob, the cops had retaliated forcing the occupants into their huts inside the park.<br /><br />The police had booked three thousand people, most of them unidentified, on charges of rioting, murder, murderous attack and breach of peace.<br /><br />The sources said that the police had arrested around 800 members of the sect on Thursday night. While around 250 were sent to jail, 40 others, who had sustained injuries, were shifted to different hospitals in Mathura. Around 500 others had been kept in a makeshift jail at Farah police station.<br /><br />Twenty five members of the cult had been killed in the police action. Those, who had been lodged at Farah police station, however, managed to escape around dawn on Friday, sources said. Scores of cult members were also seen at Mathura railway station on Friday morning looking for trains to leave the place.<br /><br />The district police officials found themselves at a loss to explain the disappearance of such a large number of people from the park especially since all the exit routes had been sealed. The police officials, however, said that they would make sure that those present at the park on Thursday night, were apprehended.<br /><br /><br />Kin refuse to claim mastermind’s body<br /><br />The kin of Ram Briksh Yadav, the Mathura violence mastermind who was killed during clashes with cops on Thursday night, have refused to claim his body, DHNS reports from Lucknow.<br /><br /> According to police sources, the district officials on Sunday contacted their counterpart in Ghazipur, the home town of Yadav, and asked them to inform the kin of Yadav about his death in the clashes.<br /><br /> They also asked the Ghazipur police to tell the kin to claim Yadav’s body for cremation. Sources said the brother of Yadav, who worked with the defence forces, told the cops that he was not interested in claiming Yadav’s body. Yadav’s wife, son and daughter have been absconding since Thursday night. Police said Yadav’s cremation would not take place in Mathura. <br /></div>
<div>Though the Uttar Pradesh police killed the mastermind of Mathura violence Ram Briksh Yadav at Jawahar Bagh Park on Thursday, thousands of his supporters managed to dodge the cops. <br /><br />The death toll from Thursday’s clashes between encroachers of Jawahar Bagh and the police on Sunday rose to 29 with two more people succumbing to injuries even as the Aligarh Divisional Commissioner launched a probe into the incident.<br /><br />The police officials apprehended that the cult members might be hiding at “ashrams” and religious places in and around Mathura and try to re-group.<br /><br />Caught off guard initially after being confronted with a hostile and armed mob, the cops had retaliated forcing the occupants into their huts inside the park.<br /><br />The police had booked three thousand people, most of them unidentified, on charges of rioting, murder, murderous attack and breach of peace.<br /><br />The sources said that the police had arrested around 800 members of the sect on Thursday night. While around 250 were sent to jail, 40 others, who had sustained injuries, were shifted to different hospitals in Mathura. Around 500 others had been kept in a makeshift jail at Farah police station.<br /><br />Twenty five members of the cult had been killed in the police action. Those, who had been lodged at Farah police station, however, managed to escape around dawn on Friday, sources said. Scores of cult members were also seen at Mathura railway station on Friday morning looking for trains to leave the place.<br /><br />The district police officials found themselves at a loss to explain the disappearance of such a large number of people from the park especially since all the exit routes had been sealed. The police officials, however, said that they would make sure that those present at the park on Thursday night, were apprehended.<br /><br /><br />Kin refuse to claim mastermind’s body<br /><br />The kin of Ram Briksh Yadav, the Mathura violence mastermind who was killed during clashes with cops on Thursday night, have refused to claim his body, DHNS reports from Lucknow.<br /><br /> According to police sources, the district officials on Sunday contacted their counterpart in Ghazipur, the home town of Yadav, and asked them to inform the kin of Yadav about his death in the clashes.<br /><br /> They also asked the Ghazipur police to tell the kin to claim Yadav’s body for cremation. Sources said the brother of Yadav, who worked with the defence forces, told the cops that he was not interested in claiming Yadav’s body. Yadav’s wife, son and daughter have been absconding since Thursday night. Police said Yadav’s cremation would not take place in Mathura. <br /></div>