Delhi: 22 held in Jahangirpuri communal violence case

Delhi Police has arrested a total of 20 people and apprehended 2 juveniles in case of a communal violence that erupted during a Shobha Yatra procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in the national capital officials saidThe accused were identified as Zahid 20 Anshar 35 Shahjad 33 Mukhtyaar Ali 28 Mohd Ali 18 Amir 19 Aksar 26 Noor Alam 28 Md Aslam 21 Zakir 22 Akram 22 Imtyaz 29 Mohd Ali 27 Ahir 37 Sheikh Saurabh 42 Suraj 21 Neeraj 19 Suken 45 Suresh 43 and Sujeet Sarkar 38 all residents of Jahangirpuri Apart from them two juveniles were also apprehendedDeputy Commissioner of Police northwest Usha Rangnani said three firearms and five swords have also been recovered from the possession of the arrested personsThe accused were booked under sections 147 Punishment for rioting 148 Rioting armed with deadly weapon149 Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object 186 Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions 353 Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 332 Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty 323 Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt 427 Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees 436 Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house etc 307 Attempt to murder 120B Punishment of criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms ActThe clashes broke out between the two groups of people when the Shobha Yatra procession was passing through the road just next to Kusal Cinema Hall on the opposite side of which is a mosque As per several videos of the procession accessed by IANS people can be seen wielding swords and chanting religious slogans just before the clashes broke outAccording to the FIR lodged at the Jahangirpuri police station the Shobha Yatra procession was passing off peacefully but at around 6 pm when they reached outside a mosque the accused Anshar came there with his 45 associates and started arguing with the participants of Shobha Yatra The argument soon turned violent and both the sides started pelting stones at each otherI Inspector Rajiv Ranjan Singh tried to pacify the situation and separated the two groups however within some time they again started pelting stones after which I informed the Police Control Room about the development read the FIRSoon after this more police force reached the spot along with senior officials however by that time the mob had turned completely violent The mob pelted stones on the police force and also fired shots at them At least 8 policemen were injuredTo contain the situation and disperse the crowd the police fired 4050 tear gas shells Amid the pandemonium one scooty was torched and 56 cars were vandalised The Police normalised the situation with the help of paramilitary forces and at around 8 pm in the evening the situation was under control yet tenseLater the area became the epicentre of the heavy police deployment with the road where the violent clashes took place extensively barricaded from all sides On Sunday the situation was under control and an adequate number of police force was deployed there to avert any untoward incidentThe police said that area domination foot patrolling and deep deployment has been ensured to assure people and to maintain law and order in the area Meanwhile the personnel of Delhi Police carried out preventive patrolling and area domination throughout the night in the backdrop of violent clashesDelhi Police is also in talks with the members of the Aman committee During the meeting all the members were asked to appeal to the public in their areas to maintain peace harmony and tranquilityThey were also requested to counter any rumour or misinformation be vigilant towards the activities of any mischievous and antisocial elements to keep in touch with police and to ensure immediate reporting of any thing suspicious that comes into their notice a senior official saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever