Republic Day violence well-planned, may have got foreign funds: Delhi Police

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Iqbal Singh arrested in connection with the Republic Day farmers tractor parade violence to seven days police custody after police contended that he is the main conspirator the event was wellplanned and there may be foreign funding tooThe Delhi Polices Special Cell on Wednesday arrested Iqbal Singh from Punjabs Hoshiarpur He was allegedly the part of tractor rally that breached course and created ruckus in the city His videos went viral where he was purportedly heard threatening cops and inciting protesters to go on a rampageIqbal Singh was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Poorva Mehra of Tis Hazari court who then sent him to police custody The police told the court Iqbal is one of the main conspirators The events were not a random occurrence It was wellplannedThe police emphasized that the event was a big conspiracy and that his link to Deep Sidhu who was arrested in the case on Tuesday need to be unearthed We have intelligence that there may be foreign funding too Need to investigate that angle We need to establish where his funding is coming fromWe need to establish all his links who his supporters are where the money is coming from and how he ran the channel He is amongst the main instigators of this big conspiracy It was a wellplanned event for which we already have another accuseds custody the police contendedDuring the course of proceedings Iqbal Singh told the court that he did not come to the spot to cause violence I reached the Red Fort just like that did not think I would reach there But when I reached emotions around flared up Whatever I did or said was in the heat of the momentOn January 26 protesting farmers had clashed with the police during the tractor rally against three farm laws During the clash a section of protesters had entered the Red Fort and hoisted a religious flag So far the police have arrested almost 130 peopleOn Tuesday the Court had remanded Punjabi actorturnedactivist Deep Sidhu accused in the Republic Day violence case to seven days police custody The Delhi Police told the court that Sidhu is the main instigator of the violenceFollowing the rampage the Delhi Police had announced cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on Deep Sidhu Jugraj Singh Gurjot Singh and Gurjant Singh and Rs 50000 each on Jajbir Singh Buta Singh Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Singh for their alleged involvement in the violence that saw at least one person die and several injured including policemenThis 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