R-Day violence: Man who assaulted cop with spear among two arrested

Two individuals, together with a 21-year-old man who assaulted a policeman on obligation on the Red Fort with a spear on January 26, has been arrested in connection with the violence on the historic monument, police mentioned on March 10.

With this, the entire variety of arrests made in connection with the case stands at 14, they mentioned.

The police mentioned that varied groups of the Crime Branch Unit probing the case have been conducting common raids at totally different locations in Delhi and Punjab. Maninderjit Singh, 23, and Khempreet Singh, 21, who had been actively concerned within the violence, had been arrested on March 9.

According to police, Mr. Maninderjit Singh, a Dutch nationwide, settled in Birmingham, U.K., was arrested on the Delhi airport whereas attempting to flee from India on solid journey paperwork as Jarmanjit Singh. He initially belongs to a village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.

He was planning to fly first to Nepal from Delhi after which head to the U.K. A glance out round was additionally issued by the police towards him in connection with the case and he’s additionally beforehand concerned in two legal circumstances, they mentioned.

The different accused, a resident of northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, who police mentioned had assaulted a policeman on obligation contained in the effectively space of the Red Fort with a spear, was absconding and willfully evading his arrest.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Monika Bhardwaj mentioned the presence of Mr. Maninderjit Singh on the Red Fort was established by digital proof. There are video footage on file, which reveals his presence alongside the unlawfully assembled unruly riotous mob on the Red Fort carrying a spear throughout farmers agitation on January 26. “During an investigation, an digital map was drawn to determine the doable route taken by the accused to achieve the Red Fort on the date of the incident, which transpired that Maninderjit alongside the mob, began transferring from the Singhu Border, Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Burari, Majnu ka Tila and eventually reached the Red Fort.

“Electronic evidence further corroborates the fact that he had also visited the Singhu Border protest site on different dates and took an active part in the violence at the Red Fort,” the DCP mentioned.

The officer mentioned that in evaluation of movies accessible on case file, Khempreet Singh, alongside with his associates, was seen carrying a spear in his hand and assaulting a policeman contained in the Red Fort.

“With the help of a technical surveillance, regular raids were being conducted at the possible hideouts of Khempreet. Local informers were also deployed in the vicinity of the available whereabouts of the accused and finally on Tuesday, his location was traced to an area in west Delhi’s Khayala, where he was hiding in a house of one of his relatives. A raid was conducted and he was arrested from there,” she mentioned.

During an investigation, Mr. Khempreet Singh disclosed that on January 26, he alongside with his associates, joined the mob from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar and eventually reached the Red Fort after breaching the barricades at Burari and Chatta Rail, the DCP added.

The police mentioned Mr. Maninderjit Singh, alongside with his household, is settled in Birmingham and is employed as a labourer in a development discipline. In December 2019, he visited India and couldn’t return attributable to lockdown final 12 months. He was produced earlier than a courtroom and his 4 days of police custody remand has been taken. Mr. Khempreet Singh can be produced earlier than a courtroom on Wednesday. He can be a detailed affiliate of already arrested accused Maninder Singh, they added.