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Former Congress MLA Asif Khan, AAP Student Leader Kasim Usmani Named As Accused In Jamia Violence
Swarajya Staff
Dec 17, 2019, 10:09 PM | Updated 10:09 PM IST
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The Delhi Police today named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as an accused in the FIR for involvement for involvement in violent incidents that unfolded in Jamia Millia Islamia incident on Sunday (15 Dec).
Asif Khan is a former MLA from the Muslim dominated Okhla area. Muslims comprise 60 per cent of the nearly 2,80,000 voters.
According to Delhi Police, Asif Khan has been named along with six other accused.
Former Congress MLA Asif Khan (Okhla) named as one of the main accused in Jamia riots FIR.
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) December 17, 2019
The other six accused persons have been identified as local politicians Ashu Khan, Mustafa and Haider, AISA member Chandan Kumar, SIO member Asif Tanha, and CYSS member Kasim Usmani, police said.
Qasim Usmani, CYSS Jamia University named as one of the main accused in the Jamia riots. CYSS is the Aam Aadmi Party's student wing.
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) December 17, 2019
Earlier today, 10 people, many of them with criminal records, were arrested for indulging in arson and setting vehicles afire during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in New Friends Colony near Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday.
A senior police officer said none of those arrested were university students. "Out of the 10 arrested, three are bad characters of the area. They were identified and put under arrest," the officer said.
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