Gau Raksha chief arrested

Patiala, Aug 21 (PTI) Gau Raksha Dal chief Satish Kumarwas arrested from Vrindavan after being booked on charges ofsodomy, rioting and extortion among others. SSP Gurmeet Chauhan today confirmed his arrest but didnot provide any details. Police sources said he was arrested last night fromVrindavan where he was hiding after he was booked on chargesof abduction with intent to hurt, wrongful confinement andother sections of the IPC a fortnight earlier. The case was lodged on August 6 two years after a videowent viral showing Gau Raksha Dal members brutally thrashingpeople. Satish was also booked under Section 377 of the IPC whichcriminalises unnatural sex after a youth from Saharanpuralleged that he was abducted and sodomised by Satish’s goons. "Now another Uttar Pradesh resident has toldinvestigators that he was sodomised by Satish," the sourcessaid. The victim from Saharanpur had told a judicial magistratethat Satish, Bablu and 10-15 others had forcibly taken him toa cow shelter in Rajpura where he was sodomised. "Also, some goons had urinated in my mouth," he alleged. Another victim had told the police last week that he wasdetained by the self-styled cow vigilantes, robbed andtortured. He also alleged that he was sodomised by Satish. The Gau Raksha Dal allegedly used to post videos onlineof attacks on trucks "carrying cattle for slaughter", showingdrivers being thrashed and vehicles torched. PTI CORR VJ PLAAR DVAAR