Youth arrested by Crime Branch in Jahangirpuri violence case

Sanwar Malik alias Akbar alias Kalia had allegedly pelted stones at the police team and the local people during the April 16 violence and was arrested by Havildar Nitin and Naval from C-Block Jahangirpuri on Tuesday, August 2, following a tip-off by an informer.

New Delhi: The Delhi crime branch has arrested a miscreant who was absconding in connection with the riots on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in the Jahangirpuri area of ​​North-West Delhi on April 16 this year. A Delhi CB spokesperson said that the accused identified as Sanwar Malik alias Akbar alias Kalia had pelted stones at the police team and the local people.

According to DCP Vichitra Veer, Kalia was arrested by Havildar Nitin and Naval from C-Block Jahangirpuri on Tuesday, August 2, following a tip-off by an informer. A case has been registered against him at Jahangirpuri police station. Police will present him before the court today. The arrested accused, who has studied til standard IV, works as a manual scavenger. Kalia is said to be a serial offender first arrested in 2016 in a theft case.

A total of six criminal cases are registered against him in different police stations including a case of an attempt to murder. At least 8 people, including police personnel, were injured due to firing and stone pelting after communal clashes broke out on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in Jahangirpuri on April 16.