KANPUR, Oct. 14 -- The prime accused in the Dadarpur violence case, Gagan Yadav alias Shubham Yadav, was arrested in a joint operation by the Etawah police and Meerut crime branch late on Monday night, officials said.

Yadav was nabbed from the Ganganagar area of Meerut, where he had been hiding since the June 26 incident, when a mob allegedly incited by him created chaos in Dadarpur village under Bakewar police station limits over the public humiliation of Kathavachaks (religious storytellers), they added.

According to police, the mob indulged in rioting, vandalised public property, and pelted a police team with stones. Twenty accused were arrested from the spot, and 13 vehicles used during the unrest were seized, while a case was regis...