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 stated 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 in opposition to Sharjeel Imam and Aasif Iqbal Tanha within the case.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Particular Cell) Amit Kaushik stated, “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 beneath 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 stated.
One other case beneath the Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered in opposition to him in 2022, however he had managed to evade arrest, the officer additional stated.
Appearing on details about Hanif’s presence close to the Gazipur-Ghadoli Village Street, the police laid a entice and apprehended him, resulting in the seizure of a pistol and 5 rounds, Kaushik stated.
A contemporary case beneath 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 resulting from monetary hardship and initially labored along with his father within the scrap enterprise earlier than venturing into the rooster provide. Between 2012 and 2015, he labored as a driver, in response to 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 stated.
