N-E Delhi riot killers roam free; Delhi Police ‘witch hunting’ anti-caa activists

NEW DELHI: The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) on Monday accused the Delhi Police of “witch hunting” Jamia Millia Islamia students after Asif Iqbal Tanha was arrested in connection with the violence in Jamia area during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in December last year. The JCC comprises students and alumni of the university. The group was formed after alleged police brutality on the campus on December 15 after an anticaa protest.

It claimed that Tanha was arrested on Sunday from his residence. “Tanha, hailing from Jharkhand and a final year graduate student in Persian language, has been a vocal leader of JCC and a prominent face of anticaa protest across India.

“Police called him first for interrogation, but later produced him in front of a magistrate and sent in judicial custody to Tihar prison,” the JCC said.

Earlier, three of JCC leaders Meeran Haidar, Safoora Zargar, and Shifa-ur-rahman were arrested for anticaa protests and allegedly instigating riots in north-east Delhi.

“Instead of enquiring into the northeast Delhi violence and arresting the real culprits, Delhi police is shamelessly witchhunting Jamia student leaders. While all the conspirators and perpetrators of northeast Delhi violence are roaming free, it is our leaders who are being sent to jail and slapped with draconian laws,” the JCC said.

The Jamia Coordination Committee demanded the release of all the activists arrested in connection with anti-caa protests.