Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested another accused of Jahangirpuri violence from West Bengal, a report said. The accused has been identified as Farid alias Neetu, the police said.

The accused had fled from the spot after the riots. Since then, he had been changing his locations and moving across West Bengal, another report said.

The report also said Farid was very actively involved in the communal riots and played a major role. Several teams of Delhi Police who have been deployed in West Bengal arrested him on Thursday from his aunt’s house in Tamluk village, the report said. He is being brought to New Delhi via flight today, the police informed the media.

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Farid alias Neetu has many criminal cases registered against him. He has been booked for robbery, snatching, burglary and under the Arms Act. Since 2010 he is a repeat offender in the Jahangirpuri area, the report said.

Clashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri On April 16, leaving 8 police personnel and a local resident injured.

So far, nearly 30 people, including two juveniles, have been held by the Delhi police in the Jahangirpuri Violence case. The police have imposed the stringent National Security Act against five of the accused in the case.

Like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, houses have been demolished in Delhi in the name of encroachment after the violence.

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