12:28 March 03
Man who pointed gun at unarmed policeman arrested from Shamli
New Delhi: A gun-wielding man who was seen confronting an unarmed policeman during violence at Maujpur in northeast Delhi has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli and is being brought to Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.
In a video that went viral last week, the man, identified as 33-year-old Shahrukh, could be seen pointing his country-made pistol at the policeman on the Jaffrabad-Maujpur road on February 24.
The man fired eight rounds in the presence of police personnel.
Delhi policeman Deepak Dahiya at whom suspect Shahrukh pointed a gun during violence in Maujpur area, said that he tried to scare him with his stick but he fired and fled away.
"I saw him running towards me, I tried to scare him by showing my stick. He got distracted and fired one round of bullet towards the opposite road and fled from there," Deepak Dahiya told media.
At least 46 people, including a police Head Constable and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, have died while around 200 people sustained serious injuries in the violence that raged for three days in the North-East areas of Delhi.
Two Special Investigation Teams (SIT) were constituted under the Crime Branch, Delhi Police to investigate the violence.