A Bajrang Dal leader absconding after mob violence over alleged cow slaughter that killed a police inspector and a youth in Bulandshahr surfaced in a video clip on Wednesday, claiming innocence.

The western Uttar Pradesh unit of the right-wing organisation has also claimed that its Bulandshahr convener

Yogesh Raj was not involved in the violence, but said he should surrender.

The Bajrang Dal suggested that the probe should be conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and not the State police.

The police, who arrested four people after Monday's violence, reported no further arrests till the evening.

Uttar Pradesh police chief OP Singh suggested there was “conspiracy” behind the violence.

With lakhs of people collected for a 'Tabligi Ijtema', a congregation of Muslims, 40 km from Mahaw village where the cattle carcasses were found, police also succeeded in containing what could have been a communal riot, he told PTI.

Security was visibly reduced but tension persisted in Chingrawathi, Mahaw and Naya Bans villages of Bulandshahr's Siyana tehsil on Wednesday.   

ime," Bhati said.

"Certainly he should surrender, but I should also make it clear that the probe should be conducted by a bigger agency for the truth to be revealed,” he said, suggesting that the CBI should take over.

In the video, the man identifying himself as Yogesh Raj said when he heard about a "cow slaughter" at Mahaw village, he went there with his supporters.

“The police also reached there and we went to the Siyana police station for filing our complaint (about the carcasses)," he said.