Cow vigilante Monu Manesar, accused of inciting riots in Haryana's Nuh and double murder arrested | Watch

Cow vigilante Monu Manesar, who was booked by Rajasthan Police for the murder of two Muslim men in February and is also accused by some to be a trigger for the recent violence in Nuh, was on Tuesday taken into custody by policemen, his organisation said. Monu Manesar, a prominent face in Haryana for cow vigilantism, is one of the 21 accused named in the FIR for the killing of Junaid (35) and Nasir (27). The charred bodies of the two cousins were found in a vehicle in Haryana's Bhiwani on February 16.

Monu Manesar alias Mohit Yadav comes from Manesar near Gurugram. He is one of the key accused in connection with the death of two men Nasir and Junaid. A Bajrang Dal member, Monu Manesar was booked in February for the murder from Rajasthan.

The Rajasthan Police in May had filed a chargesheet in the case and named Monu Manesar as an accused.

A video clip purportedly showed plainclothesmen taking him into custody.

 "We have received information that Haryana Police has detained Monu Manesar, who is wanted in Nasir and Junaid (lynching) case. Haryana Police is carrying out its further procedure and our officers are in contact with them. When their procedure completes, (our) District Police will begin theirs,"  said SP Bharatpur, Mridul Kachawa to news agency ANI.

He was also accused of making inflammatory remarks before the recent communal violence in Nuh in Haryana but he has denied any wrongdoing.

*With Agency Inputs