Anti-CAA Protests: Cops Arrest Accused In December 2019 New Pals Colony Violence Case | India Information
The police have arrested a person accused of violence in the course of the December 2019 anti-CAA protests in southeast Delhi who had been declared a proclaimed offender after failing to seem in court docket, an officer mentioned on Friday.
Shaheen Bagh resident Mohd Hanif (42) is a co-accused within the case with Sharjeel Imam and Aasif Iqbal Tanha. The police additionally seized a pistol and 5 rounds from him, he added.
An area court docket on March 7 ordered the framing of costs towards Sharjeel Imam and Aasif Iqbal Tanha within the case.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Particular Cell) Amit Kaushik mentioned, “Through the protests in December 2019, he (Hanif) and his brother Harun actively participated in riots within the New Pals Colony space. He was arrested in reference to a case registered below a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code, together with rioting and illegal meeting, and the Arms Act.”
Hanif had secured bail however failed to seem in court docket and was declared a proclaimed offender, he mentioned.
One other case below the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered towards him in 2022, however he had managed to evade arrest, the officer additional mentioned.
Appearing on details about Hanif’s presence close to the Gazipur-Ghadoli Village Highway, the police laid a entice and apprehended him, resulting in the seizure of a pistol and 5 rounds, Kaushik mentioned.
A recent case below the Arms Act has been registered, and additional investigation is underway.
Hanif hails from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district and studied as much as Class 10. He left his research as a result of monetary hardship and initially labored together with his father within the scrap enterprise earlier than venturing into the rooster provide. Between 2012 and 2015, he labored as a driver, in accordance with Kaushik.
In 2016, Hanif got here in touch with one Aslam from the Nizamuddin space, who launched him to the narcotics commerce.
He was first arrested in 2006 in reference to assault and trespassing. The Delhi Police’s Crime Department arrested him in 2018 in a narcotics case, Kaushik mentioned.
