Rampur Police Saturday arrested a cleric from Ganj area in connection with two cases of violence during protests against CAA. He was later produced before a local court in the district, said police.
“The court has sent him to judicial custody,” said Superintendent of Police, Rampur, Shogun Gautam.
According to police, Farhad Ahmad Jamali was the main conspirator of the incidents of violence that took place during anti-CAA protests on December 21, 2019, in which one person was killed and five others were injured.
Jamali is among the six clerics in Rampur who were issued notices two weeks ago, asking them to appear before Rampur Police’s Crime Branch, which is investigating the cases related to violence, to get their statement recorded. The Rampur clerics protested against the notices and alleged that they were being harassed.
The Rampur SP added that except Jamali, the other five clerics have got their statement recorded before the police.
