AMU student leader arrested for Dec 15 anti-CAA violence on campus
Agra: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader Farhan Zuberi was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the December 15 violence on varsity’s campus during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest.
Confirming this, Abhishek, superintendent of police, (city), said Zuberi was a wanted criminal and been remanded to judicial custody.
Eleven cases are lodged against Zuberi at the Civil Lines police station, he added.
Clashes had erupted on AMU campus on the fateful day after rumours spread that two students had been shot in police firing on Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi during anti-CAA protests. During the confrontation between protesting students and police, students allegedly pelted stones at the former. The police, in retaliation, resorted to a lathi-charge and used water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets at the protesters.
Clashes had erupted on AMU campus on the fateful day after rumours spread that two students had been shot in police firing on Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi during anti-CAA protests. During the confrontation between protesting students and police, students allegedly pelted stones at the former. The police, in retaliation, resorted to a lathi-charge and used water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets at the protesters.
Police had registered three FIRs and arrested 26 people, including seven AMU students. A day later, they were released on conditional bail
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