Anti-CAA Stir: Ten People With Criminal Background Arrested For Jamia Violence; None Students

Ten people with criminal antecendets were arrsted by Delhi police in connection with violence in Jamia on Sunday during protests against the Citizenship Act.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 17 Dec 2019 12:22 PM (IST)

Anti-CAA protests in Delhi: 10 people with Criminal Background arrested in Jamia Violence; none Varsity students Anti-CAA Stir: Ten People With Criminal Background Arrested For Jamia Violence; None Students

New Delhi: Forensic experts inspect the charred remains of a bus that was allegedly torched in Sunday's clashes between the police and students during a protest over Citizenship Amendment Act, at New Friends Colony in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (PTI Photo)

None of those arrested are students of the Jamia Millia Islamia university

The arrested persons have criminal antecedents

Delhi Police had registered 2 FIRs for rioting and arson

New Delhi: Ten people with criminal background have been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the violence during protests against the Citizenship Act in Jamia on Sunday. Those arrested do not include any students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University. The accused were arrested on Monday night, police said. Delhi Police registered two separate cases against unknown people for arson and rioting on Monday. The university had turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which led to violence and arson in which four DTC buses, 100 private vehicles and 10 police bikes were damaged. Nearly 60 people including students, police and fire fighters were injured in the clash. Also watch: Ground report from Jamia's library after violence The force, thereafter, used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent mob and entered the Jamia university campus. A rigorous interrogation of the accused in underway and a criminal conspiracy is suspected by the police, behind the Sunday violence, sources have said. Some big political names can surface in connection with the incident, after the interrogation is completed, they said. Police also suspects some Whatsapp groups to be involved in conspiracy of violence, sources said. The accused will be presented in court on Tuesday. A senior police official also said raids are being carried out in various parts of Delhi's south east districts to nab those who indulged in violence during protests. Jamia authorities and students claimed they had nothing to do with the violence and arson during the protest and alleged that "certain elements" had joined in and disrupted the peaceful march. Watch |10 arrested in Jamia violence case

Published at : 17 Dec 2019 10:18 AM (IST)

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