Authorities suspended internet and tightened security in the affected districts as they cracked down on protesters allegedly involved in the violence. At least 255 people were arrested in Uttar Pradesh alone.
Shahrukh Pathan was involved in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in which he was found brandishing a loaded pistol towards a policeman in the Jafrabad area.
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for an inquiry headed by a former CJI into the clashes that took place in Delhi and other states during Ram Navami.
The government cited specific instances of "hyberbolic" statements by news anchors and "scandalous headlines/taglines" while reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict and disrupting the investigation process into the incidents in northwest Delhi by airing unverified CCTV footage.
It was a disputed BMW car and Ansar had taken its illegal custody using his criminal background. Later he gave the car to someone who lived in West Bengal.
The apex court also said that it will take a serious view of the demolition on Wednesday, which was carried out even after its orders though the NDMC Mayor was informed.
Several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were brought down this morning as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled civic body in Delhi's Jahangirpuri.
Delhi Police teams have seized nearly 500 videos related to the violence. One of the videos clearly shows stones, bricks, and glass bottles being rained on the ‘rath’ of Lord Hanuman near Kushal Chowk.
On Tuesday, the Delhi Police had said the situation in Jahangirpuri was peaceful and talks are being held with the Aman committee.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana ordered status quo in the present situation, and said the petition would be listed before an appropriate bench.
Delhi Police Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested one more accused Ghulam Rasool alias Gulli in Jahangirpuri violence case. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on Monday directed the Delhi Police to take strict action against those involved in the Jahangirpuri violence here, official sources said.
Prem Sharma, the district Sewa Pramukh of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, was interrogated by police on Monday. While Hindu leaders allege that the procession was stoned as part of a pre-planned conspiracy, Muslim leaders allege that swords and guns were brandished by some of those who took part in the procession.
A video that the police said is circulating on social media, showed Sonu alias Imam alias Yunus in a blue kurta opening fire during the incident.
Claims were made by some groups, that saffron flags were hoisted on top of a mosque in Jahangirpuri, that was allegedly the cause for the violence that broke out on Hanuman Jayanti. However, Delhi CP Rakesh Asthana insisted no attempt was made to hoist a saffron flag atop a mosque.
PFI alleged that different types of religious events and festivals are regularly held peacefully, but incidents like these are proof of "concerted efforts by the Sangh Parivar to make religious events violent."
Earlier today, bricks were allegedly thrown at the Delhi Police Crime Branch team at C-block in Jahangirpuri where they were probing the violence case. However, later the Delhi Police itself called the report 'an exaggeration of events'.
Clashes broke out between two groups after stone-pelting incidents were reported in the Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening.
Twenty-five people have been arrested in connection with the stone-pelting and arson in which some vehicles were also torched during the clashes between two communities on Saturday evening.
Ansar is one of the two prime accused in the violence case. He, along with Aslam has been sent to one-day police custody. As per reports, both Ansar and Aslam were aware of the Hanuman Jayanti procession since April 15 and had plotted to incite violence on Saturday (April 16).
Stating that the MNS never wanted communal riots to take place in the country or to disturb the peace, Raj Thackeray said the Muslim community should look at the demand for the removal of loudspeakers from mosques from a humanitarian angle.
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