Jahangirpuri clash: One of 'plotters' escalated matters, states FIR

PTI

New Delhi, April 17

One of the alleged main conspirators behind the Saturday Jahangirpuri clash had an argument with participants of the Hanuman Jayanti procession that escalated and led to stone pelting, according to an FIR.

However, 35-year-old Ansar’s wife claimed her husband was innocent and had gone to stop the situation from going out of control. The argument took place when the procession reached in front of the C-Block mosque in Jahangirpuri around 6 pm, the FIR stated.

Ansar has been found to be previously involved in two cases of assault, and he was arrested repeatedly under preventive Sections and booked five times under the Gambling Act and the Arms Act, according to police.

Ansar’s wife said, “The procession had passed peacefully through the same route twice before. They came with a plan, or how else would they have sticks, bottles and other things to get into a fight?” —

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