Mathura violence: Sect chief Ram Yadav dead, says police

Ram Vriksh Yadav, the chief of the violent encroachers, is among those killed in the clashes as the toll mounted to 27.

Gutted huts near Jawahar Bagh in Mathura on Friday a day after violent clashes between encroachers and the police. | PTI

MATHURA: Ram Vriksh Yadav, the chief of the violent encroachers in Jawahar Bagh, is among those killed in the clashes, police said today as the toll mounted to 27 with three more persons succumbing to injuries. Uttar Pradesh DGP Javed Ahmed said on twitter that the body of Yadav and some others have been identified by his associates and his family has been intimated for confirmation.

Some of the dead in Mathura operation identified. Rambriksh Yadav's body identified by associates. Family intimated for final confirmation.

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