Anti-CAA protests: One accused in 2019 violence arrested

New Delhi: Police have arrested a man accused of violence during the December 2019 anti-CAA protests in southeast Delhi who had been declared a proclaimed offender after failing to appear in court, an officer said Friday. Shaheen Bagh resident Mohd Hanif (42) is a co-accused in the case with Sharjeel Imam and Aasif Iqbal Tanha.

The police also seized a pistol and five rounds from him, he added. A local court on March 7 ordered framing of charges against Imam and Aasif Iqbal Tanha in the case. Deputy commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Amit Kaushik said, "During the protests in December 2019, he (Hanif) and his brother Harun actively participated in riots in the New Friends Colony area."