Jamia teen shooter held for provocative speech in a video during Pataudi mahapanchayat

New Delhi, July 12

The teenage boy who was earlier held for shooting during the anti CAA protests at Jamia Islamia University last year has been arrested again for his alleged video on Muslim women. 

In a purported video of his speech, the teen be heard saying: “Pataudi se kewal itni si chetavani dena chaahta hoon, un… jihadiyon ko, aatankwadi mansikta ke logon ko, jab (main) sau kilometre door Jamia ja sakta hoon CAA ke samarthan mein, toh Pataudi zyada door nahin hai. (I want to give only this warning from Pataudi, to… Jihadis, people with a terrorist mindset, when (I) can go 100 kilometers away to Jamia in support of CAA, then Pataudi is not very far).”

The police have registered a FIR against him under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295A (outraging religious feelings). 

The FIR has been filed on the basis of a complaint submitted by a resident of Jamalpur village in Gurgaon, who runs a private business.

The police added that on July 4, a mahapanchayat was organised at the Ramlila Ground, Pataudi, where a man gave quite a provocative speech which could have caused riots and ruined the law and order situation, and this speech was inciting religious sentiments. 

In the video clip, he could also be heard saying that when they are attacked, Muslims will shout ‘Ram Ram’.

The accused was  17 at the time when he had fired at the protesters outside Jamia Millia Islamia and shouted slogans such as “Yeh lo azadi (Here, take azadi)”, “Desh mein jo rehna hoga, Vande Mataram kehna hoga (If you want to stay in the country, you have to say Vande Mataram)” and “Dilli Police zindabad”. One student had been injured in the incident and an FIR had been registered against the accused under IPC section 307 (attempt to murder).

The police further stated that he was sent to a correctional home by the juvenile justice board, from where he was released after a few months.