The 17-year-old (in pic) had showed up near Jamia with a gun and fired at CAA protesters in January last year
GURUGRAM: The youth who had last year fired at Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters outside Jamia Millia Islamia, and last week, called for attacks on the Muslim community at a mahapanchayat in Pataudi, was arrested on Monday.
It’s the second time he has been taken into custody, but the first as an adult. For the Jamia shooting, the boy had faced the law as a juvenile because he was yet to turn 18 at the time.
A Gurgaon police team picked him up on Monday from Gautam Budh Nagar, where the boy is from, after an FIR was filed at Patadi police station. The youth, now purportedly 19 years old, has been charged under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and engaging in acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage relig