On April 16, a clash was broke out between members of two communities after a procession taken out to mark Mahavir Jayanti was allegedly pelted with stones at Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening. The clash had left several people injured, including six policemen.
New Delhi: Weeks after communal violence in Jahangirpuri area, the Station House Officer of Jahangiripuri Poice Station on Monday transferred with an ‘immediate effect’. According to the reports, Inspector Arun Kumar was transferred from R P Bhawan and posted as SHO Jahangirpuri Police Station in Northwest district. Police, however, said that it is a routine transfer.
“It is routine order issued from the office of the Commissioner of Police,” a senior police officer said when asked about the transfer.
On April 16, a clash was broke out between members of two communities after a procession taken out to mark Mahavir Jayanti was allegedly pelted with stones at Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening. The clash had left several people injured, including six policemen.
A day after the incident, Delhi Police had arrested 23 persons for their involvement in stone pelting and firing over policemen and civilians. Police had claimed to have arrested accused Aslam who shot at Delhi Police sub-inspector Medalal Meena and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession. Ansar, a main accused for instigating people for firing and stone pelting on people participating in Mahavir Jayanti procession, was also arrested by the police. He had brought a few people with him and started arguments with procession members near the mosque area.
On April 23, A Delhi court had sent five of the prime accused facing charges under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) into eight days’ police custody. The accused, Ansar, Sonu, Salim, Dilshad, and Ahir, were in police custody since their arrest and the law enforcement agency later imposed charges against them under the NSA.
Last week, a Delhi court had denied bail to eight accused in connection with the Jahangirpuri violence during procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in April. The court also observed prima facie ‘failure’ on part of the police for not stopping the procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti as it was being carried out without proper permission.
The court had refused to grant bail to accused persons namely Imteyaz, Noor Alam, Shiekh Hamid, Ahmad Ali, Sheikh Hamid, SK Shahada, Sheikh Zakir and Ahir. It said that identification of arrested accused has been done on the basis of CCTV footage and even by eyewitnesses of the incident.
