Ex-Cong MLA among 3 questioned

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Ex-Cong MLA among 3 questioned

Saturday, 25 January 2020 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing Jamia violence that had taken place on December 15, on Friday questioned former Congress MLA from Okhla Asif Mohammad Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia student Chandan Kumar, who is also a member of the Left-backed All India Students' Association (AISA) and local leader Ashu Khan for seven hours. The police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the violence and arson during a protest against anti-CAA protest near Jamia.

The SIT, headed by Rajesh Deo, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, has served notices to Asif, Chandan and Ashu on Thursday and had asked them to join the investigation and record their statement on Friday. The trio was named in the FIR registered at the Jamia Nagar police station regarding the violent protest and on Friday morning they reached the office of the Crime Branch in Chanakyapuri.

Ashu said he reached the Crime Branch office at 11 am and was questioned till 7 pm. "Police asked me around 20 questions and a form was also filled by me. I thought I will be arrested but after questioning police released me on Friday evening," said Khan.

Meanwhile, Asif who has been served with two notices, one for Jamia nagar violence and other for NFC, said the police had alleged that he took the public from Jamia and that crowd burnt the buses.

"I was protesting at Shaheen Bagh at time of incident and I have nothing to do with the mob involved in arson and violence at NFC and Jamia Nagar," said Asif.

Meanwhile, the 22-year-old man, identified as Furkan, a resident of Jamia Nagar, who was arrested on Thursday, was interrogated in connection with the violence in New Friends’ Colony (NFC) on December 15.

Furkan's father Muhammad Naeem said police took his son on the basis of the CCTV footage which showed him carrying a container but it was not known whether there was water or petrol in it.

"Police took my son on Thursday at around 6:30 pm on the basis of CCTV footage. Police said they saw he was carrying a container on the day of the incident," Naeem said.

Furkan was sent to judicial custody for three days by a Delhi court on Friday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur sent Furkan to judicial custody till January 27 after the Delhi Police did not seek his custody.

Advocate Alamdar Husain Naqvi, the counsel for Furkan, said the container was empty and he was going to fill water in it.

Police said in 10 cases registered at eight different police stations across South, Northeast, Central and Shahdara districts following the violence and vandalism during anti-CAA protests, 102 people have been arrested so far.

It may be recalled, on December 15, violent scenes were witnessed in and around JMI during a protest march organised by students against the CAA. The protest took a violent turn and many buses were set on fire. Instances of stone pelting were also reported.

More than 30 people, including Jamia students and police personnel, were injured as the protesters pelted stones, glass bottles and tube lights on security personnel, who in turn fired tear gas shells and resorted to use of force.

JMI's Vice-Chancellor Dr Najma Akhtar too had said that the police entered the university campus without any permission. Police said most protesters who took part in violence in and around Delhi's Jamia Nagar were not students.

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