As many as 19 more alleged
rioters have been arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan
violence here, taking the total number of arrests in the case
so far to 43, police said today.
The 19 people have been arrested since last evening
from various parts of the city, police said adding that two of
them, identified as Niyazuddin Shaikh (28) and Mohammed
Hussain Ansari (21), were produced before a metropolitan
magistrate court which remanded them in police custody till
August 28.
"We have the CCTV footage in which the two were shown
rioting along with the mob that indulged in destruction of
property," police told the court.
The remaining 17 will be produced before the court
tomorrow.
The 19 rioters were involved in various violent acts
like pelting stones, torching the vehicles and beating
policemen, they said adding that seven or eight of them were
suspected to have a criminal background.
Two youths were killed and 52, including 44 policemen,
injured on August 11 when a rally called to protest alleged
atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar turned violent.
The protesters went on a rampage, attacking the
police, including some women constables, torching media and
police vehicles, smashing cameras of photo journalists and
damaging buses.
A day after the riots, police had arrested 23 people
in connection with the incident. Subsequently on Thursday,
Salim Allarakha Choukiya alias Ali (23), who had snatched a
rifle from the police during the riots, had been arrested from
Anand nagar area of suburban Oshiwara.
