Haryana polls: Nuh violence case accused Bittu Bajrangi files nomination as independent candidate from Faridabad NIT seat

NEW DELHI: Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi alias Rajkumar Panchal, an accused in the Nuh violence case, filed his nomination as an independent candidate from NIT assembly segment in Faridabad on Monday. The assembly elections will be held in Haryana on October 5.
In an official statement, district election officer Vikram Singh confirmed that Bajrangi has filed his nomination as an independent from NIT Faridabad seat.
Bajrangi, who formed Gau Raksha Bajrang Force, has a long association with controversies.
He is an accused in last year's Nuh violence case, which erupted on July 31 after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad procession was attacked.
Five people, including two home guards, were killed and many injured in the violence that erupted on July 31 last year in Nuh and spread to other areas of the state. In Gurugram, a naib imam was killed at a mosque amid a series of incidents of arson.
In July this year, three cases were registered against Bajrangi in Faridabad.