Army man Jitendra Malik, allegedly behind the killing of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, was arrested by the Army's 22 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) from north Kashmir's Sopore on Saturday.
A police official confirmed to The Hindu that Malik was arrested by the Army in north Kashmir's Sopore where he was posted and shifted him to capital Srinagar. "The accused soldier will be handed over to UP police's special task force for further investigation," said the police.
The soldier, also known as Jeetu Fauji, is facing allegations of killing the police inspector during a mob frenzy over alleged cow slaughter in Bulandshahr on Monday. He was in his hometown Bulandshahr on a 15-day leave when the violence took place. The Uttar Pradesh police spotted him in a video on the day of violence.
Besides Inspector Subodh Singh, a local youth, Sumit was also killed in the violence on December 3.
Earlier in the day, Army Chief Bipin Rawat had offered full cooperation to the U.P. police in connection with the Army personnel's involvement in the violence.
"If some evidence surface, we will bring him to police if they want. If anyone has any suspicion we will produce him to police. We will fully cooperate in the investigation," said General Rawat.