City
Epaper

Jamia Coordination Committee media coordinator arrested in connection with anti-CAA protests in Delhi's Jaffrabad

By ANI | Published: April 12, 2020 6:18 AM

Police have arrested the media coordinator of Jamia Coordination Committee, who is accused of organising anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Delhi's north-east district.

Open in App
Police have arrested the media coordinator of Jamia Coordination Committee, who is accused of orgsing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Delhi's north-east district.

According to Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police, the arrested person, Safoora Zargar, is accused of orgsing anti-CAA protests in Jaffrabad area where the agitators, majority of whom were women, had begun protests against the amended Act last year.

Violence had later broken out between the protestors and CAA supporters this year in which at least 53 people including IB official Ankit Sharma and Head Constable Rattan Lal were killed.

Earlier on April 6, a Delhi court had extended the police custody of a student of Jamia Millia Islamia, who was arrested in a case related to alleged planning of a conspiracy to incite communal riots in northeast Delhi, by nine more days.

( With inputs from ANI )

Tags: Jamia coordination committeeAlok KumarCAAAnkit Sharma
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalLok Sabha Election 2024: CAA to Remain, Three Criminal Laws to be Implemented, Says Union Home Minister Amit Shah

NationalLok Sabha Election 2024: Will Repeal NRC, CAA if INDIA Bloc Voted to Power, Says Mamata Banerjee

NationalOnly One Application Received for Citizenship Under CAA in Assam, Says Himanta Biswa

NationalNobody Will Lose Citizenship With Implementation of CAA, Says Rajnath Singh

NationalSupreme Court Asks Centre To Respond Within Three Weeks on Plea To Stay Implementation of CAA

National Realted Stories

NationalSC may consider the question of grant of interim bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal next week

NationalBhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case: SC allows DU Prof Babu to withdraw bail plea

NationalLS polls: J&K CEO inspects centre, strong rooms in Baramulla constituency

NationalMaha MLC’s kin among 6 killed, 3 injured on Akola-Washim highway

NationalConstituency Watch: Solapur Cong hopes to regain lost glory, BJP aims to score hat-trick by betting big on young blood