The Delhi Police has booked 5 of the accused in reference to the communal violence in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri beneath the stringent National Security Act (NSA), which permits detention as much as a yr with none cost. The motion comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s route to the police to take “strict action” towards the “rioters” to keep away from a repeat of the 2020 Delhi riots.
35-year-old Aslam — the primary accused — is amongst these booked beneath the NSA. The others are Salim, Imam Sheikh or Sonu, Dilshad and Aheed.
On Monday, Shah had dialled Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana and had referred to as for strict motion towards these liable for the violence in northwest Delhi two days in the past through which many, together with policemen, have been injured.
Two dozen suspects, together with three juveniles, have been arrested within the final two days in reference to the clashes, the place bullets have been additionally fired. Of them, 5 have been charged beneath the NSA which empowers the federal government to detain folks for months if the authorities are happy that they’re a risk to nationwide safety or to stop them from disrupting public order.
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The tussle between the AAP and the BJP over the political affiliation of one of many ‘masterminds’ of the Jahangirpuri clashes intensified on Tuesday, with the ruling social gathering in Delhi now calling the accused a BJP chief.
In a press convention, AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Md Ansar, one of many ‘masterminds’ of the April 16 clashes, was an “active BJP leader”. The social gathering additionally shared on social media some photos through which Ansar is seen carrying a saffron cap and the BJP’s scarf, and appears to be attending some political occasions with different leaders of the BJP.
“With these pictures, the dirty and ugly face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands exposed before the country. These pictures make it clear that the riots in Jahangirpuri had been engineered by the BJP,” Bharadwaj mentioned.
Notably, the BJP earlier claimed hyperlinks between the Jahangirpuri violence accused with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “The mastermind of the attack in Jahangirpuri — Md Ansar — has been found to be a worker of AAP. There are evidences of this in the form of photographs. Tahir Hussain who was the mastermind of the Delhi riots in 2020 was also an AAP councilor. Is AAP running a riots factory?” Manoj Tiwari, BJP MP from northeast Delhi, had mentioned.
Meanwhile, the AAP additionally hit out on the Delhi police for being “hand in glove with the BJP” and performing as per the “script” ready by the saffron social gathering. Before the violence broke out, either side of the mob, together with these taking out the Hanuman Jayanti procession, have been carrying firearms, swords and different weapons, however the police current there remained mute spectators, Bharadwaj claimed.
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