mob violence

Zakir is the second corporator to get arrested in the Bengaluru riots case. Earlier, the CCB officials had arrested Congress leader and former mayor R Sampath Raj.

Raj had earlier escaped from a private hospital where he was admitted for the treatment of Covid-19.

Ironically, these far-left activists and Islamists had all enthusiastically joined hands with Aam Aadmi Party leaders like Amanatullah Khan, Tahir Hussain to instigate Muslim mobs during the anti-CAA protests.

The Lucknow administration has also announced a reward of Rs 5000 for any information regarding the absconding rioters.

Sampath Raj had claimed that he is infected with coronavirus, but has been absconding since October 30.

The charge-sheet filed by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in connection with the Bengaluru riots case states that the Congress leader Sampath Raj joined hands with radical Islamic organisation such as SDPI to target his own party's Dalit MLA

The CCB has named former Mayor Sampath Raj and Zakir Hussain of the Congress Party as accused number 51 and 52, respectively.

When ANI journalist Abdul Basheer approached Congress leaders for a sound byte, it led to a heated argument with a prominent leader named Feroz Khan. He was then mercilessly thrashed by Khan and a group of his supporters.

The NIA statement mentions that SDPI leader Muzammil Pasha had called a meeting and directed PFI/SDPI members to instigate violence in the area.

In June, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet in the murder of 27-year-old Rahul Solanki, who was killed by a Muslim mob during the Anti-Hindu riots in Shiv Vihar area of Delhi in February.