1 ARRESTED IN RED FORT VIOLENCE CASE
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday said they have arrested one more person in connection with the violence at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor rally on January 26, adding that efforts were on to nab six key suspects, including Punjab’s alleged gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana.
The police identified the arrested suspect as 29-year-old Singh alias Sunny. He was arrested by the crime branch on Saturday. A resident of Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, Singh identified through video footage of the incidents at the fort, police said.
Two separate cases were registered in connection with the violence at the Red Fort. While one case involving serious charges such as rioting, attempt to murder, and criminal conspiracy was registered on the police’s complaint, the second case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the custodian of the Mughal-era fort.
With the latest arrest, 12 people have been so far nabbed in the two cases. Maninder Singh alias Moni was seen in video footage waiving two swords on the rampart of the fort.
“In the footage, Jaspreet is seen standing behind Maninder on the ramparts. He climbed up one of the domes located on both sides of the rampart. Jaspreet is also seen in an offensive gesture holding a steel tensile at the fort,” said Biswal.
Man missing since rally ‘untraceable’
The Delhi Police have informed the Delhi high court that the whereabouts of a 27-year- old man, who went missing from Nangloi during the Republic Day tractor rally, has yet not been ascertained and neither has he been arrested in connection with the violence during the rally.
The police told the court that it has intimated 25 police stations of the Jhajjar district and also pasted photos of the man, Bajinder, at 10 police stations of the outer district of Delhi to find him. Bajinder’s brother Baljeet had moved the court, through his advocate Naginder Benipal, seeking to know the whereabouts of his brother.
In a status report, filed by filed before a bench, police said they searched for the man everywhere, including hospitals, gurdwaras and night shelters, and also made announcements seeking information but to no avail.