NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Crime Department staff probing the northeast Delhi riots stated on Sunday (September 5) that the person, who had allegedly killing a 26-year-old legislation pupil and had been on run since then, has been arrested. In accordance with the Crime Department, the accused is carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.
Mustaqeem (25) alias Sameer Saifi, a resident previous Mustafabad, who allegedly shot lifeless Rahul Solanki (26) close to Rajdhani Public College in Shiv Vihar on February 24, was arrested by a Particular Investigation Group on September three, police stated. He has been despatched to judicial custody, officers informed PTI.
Mustaqeem joined the protest in opposition to CAA and NRC close to Farukia Masjid, they added.
Solanki was pursuing LLB from a non-public school in Ghaziabad and had stepped out of his dwelling to purchase milk when he was shot lifeless.
The SIT has arrested seven different accused — Arif, Anis, Sirajuddin, Salman, Sonu, Saifi and Irshad — within the Solanki case they usually have been chargesheeted for actively taking part within the riots with a standard goal to trigger loss of life, burn properties on February 24, police stated.
Solanki was shot lifeless close to Rajdhani Public College and a case was registered at Dayalpur police station. Later, the investigation was handed over to the SIT.
In the course of the investigation, eyewitnesses described the one who opened hearth on Solanki. They recognized the accused by his garments and look after they have been proven a video of the incident, a senior police officer stated.
“We had deployed our sources in Mustafabad to determine the alleged shooter on the premise of his description. Our staff questioned a whole lot from the world and verified their presence on the spot via bodily and technical means. However we didn’t discover any info. After six months, on September three, one in all our sources knowledgeable us and he was apprehended from Bhajanpura Majar,” the officer stated.
Initially, Mustaqeem denied his involvement however confessed to the crime after an in depth questioning.
The country-made pistol used within the crime was recovered together with 5 reside cartridges at his occasion. A cell phone and garments, together with his trousers, sneakers and helmet, which he was sporting on the time of committing the crime, have additionally been discovered, police stated. Mustaqeem studied as much as class 10 however dropped out to work as a carpenter, police stated.