NEW DELHI, July 27: The Delhi Police have claimed that it identified “2873 men with criminal antecedents” present at the Jantar Mantar protest site of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) for the last six days, sources said on Monday. The police sources stated that they identified the “criminals” through technical means.
The police sources further stated that the Delhi police was “investigating whether these men were involved in violence that broke out at Jantar Mantar, in and around New Delhi.” They claimed that 989 people had previous involvement in “heinous crimes.”
“These criminals are involved in heinous crimes like sexual assault, murder and crimes involving minors (POSCO). Some of these alleged criminals came back to the protest site repeatedly. These particular criminals have serious offenses registered against them.”
“Out of 2873 such persons, 989 persons have antecedents in heinous crimes, comprising 101 involved in murder, 62 in attempt to murder, 284 in dacoity/robbery, 61 in rape, 06 in offenses under the POCSO Act, 25 in molestation of women, 229 in offenses under the Arms Act, 135 in snatching, 19 in kidnapping, and 67 in narcotics/NDPS-related offences,” Delhi Police sources said.
The sources further claimed that 101 people were reportedly previously involved in murder cases, while 62 were involved in attempt to murder cases. Of the 101 involved in murder cases, 42 had involvement in two or more criminal cases, while 12 had involvement in 10 or more criminal cases.
The sources stated that all of this indicated that a significant proportion of people present in and around the protest sites were not merely individuals with isolated criminal antecedents but include habitual and repeat offenders.
(Rohit Kumar)
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