The official death toll in Mathura is 24, including two senior policemen. The guns and the ammunition that felled two police officers, besides at least eight to ten of lower ranks, in Mathura’s Jawahar Bagh neighbourhood adjacent to the police lines are suspected to have been smuggled into the sprawling 250 acres compound over which the Swadheen Bharat Subhash Sena (SBSS) had encroached upon, from eastern UP and bordering Bihar districts where illegal arms manufacturing units thrive.
The situation on the ground is still tense and many questions remained unanswered. How did the SBSS manage to smuggle weapons in, right under the police’s nose? Where did the guns and ammunition come from? Did the organisation have political backing?
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