The Crime Branch of Delhi Police had arrested a most wanted accused on 28 April. Jahangirpuri communal riots From West Bengal, sources said.
He said that the accused has been identified as Farid alias Neetu.
“He was very actively involved in the communal riots and played a major role. Several of our teams deployed in West Bengal arrested her on Thursday from her aunt’s house in Tamluk village. He is being brought to New Delhi by flight today.
The accused had fled from the spot after the riots, Sources said that since then he was changing his whereabouts and was roaming all over West Bengal.
He said that he has six cases registered against him under the dacoity, snatching, burglary and Arms Act since 2010 and he is a history-sheeter in Jahangirpuri area.
Clashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession at Jahangirpuri in the national capital on April 16, in which eight police personnel and a local resident were injured.
According to the police, stone pelting and arson took place during the clashes and some vehicles were also set ablaze.
A few days after the violence, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana wrote a letter to the Enforcement Directorate To investigate the allegations of money laundering against the main accused in the case.
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