Five recognized at Red Fort have legal information in Punjab: probe

Initial investigation by the Delhi Police into the vandalism at Red Fort by a bit of farm protesters who veered off the designated route on Republic Day has indicated that at the very least 5 of these recognized have legal information in Punjab and have been picked up by state police earlier, sources advised The Sunday Express.
Raids are on to arrest them, sources mentioned.
An estimated 1,000 folks, on 30-40 tractors and round 150 bikes and vehicles, had forcibly entered Red Fort premises, the place they chased and assaulted policemen, looted their anti-riot gear, held some hostage inside a public bathroom and vandalised the ticket counter, in keeping with an FIR based mostly on a grievance by SHO (Kotwali) Rituraj.

Sources mentioned that after scanning footage from a number of CCTV cameras, police have recognized some males. “Details on the background of five to six of them have been verified with Punjab Police. Some have an attempt to murder case in the past, while others have been arrested over brawls,” mentioned a supply.
Sources additionally mentioned some violent protesters have been recognized as residents of Delhi and police are gathering proof earlier than making arrests.
Additional PRO (Delhi Police) Anil Mittal mentioned they’ve to date registered 38 instances in reference to the farmers’ rally, and arrested 84 individuals.
On Saturday, a forensic group reached Red Fort to gather proof. Sources additionally mentioned probe officers are attempting to get particulars of tractors utilizing their registration numbers. “We will trace the owners and summon them for questioning. We will also match their details using a face recognition system,” mentioned a senior police officer.

At Red Fort on January 27, 2021 (Express Photo: Praveen Khanna)
In an announcement launched Thursday, police had alleged that the protesters had a “pre-conceived and well-coordinated” plan to interrupt the safety settlement reached between the police and farm leaders for the tractor rally.

The Delhi Police has issued a Lookout Notice towards a number of farmer leaders and their passports will probably be seized within the days forward, a senior officer mentioned.

“We have recovered more than 1,700 CCTV clips and footage from government agencies is also being retrieved. A team from Forensic University, Gujarat has been called in to analyse the videos,” a senior police officer mentioned.