' ( 203 !(+4!5 4!5 5 VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# !"#$% )&./.)/0 )*+,- &)*1-2 3(, 36 A 1.O$&6$66$0 .$ &6.68 0$ 1 .6 63 1 $ ' $$6$ 01$6 '7 08 ,'' 1$63 ' ' 31' @ ' ' 1 ' 8 & 9:; <= > $ ! !( &' ()* )+"',-,-. "$+ Q & *+ onds. The investigation is on. which has now been deleted, , The case has been transferred also said he is taking revenge teenager fired from a pistol to the Crime Branch. We are for “Chandan Bhai”, referring to Aat anti-CAA protesters at also probing whether he is a a Chandan Gupta, who died of , ''1. Meanwhile, ATS com- Jamia, injuring a Jamia Millia juvenile or not,” Special gunshot during a motorcycle mandos from Lucknow have Islamia student, before walking Commissioner of Police rally taken out to celebrate the round 20 teenagers in the been rushed to the spot. IG away while brandishing the (Intelligence) Praveer Ranjan. Republic Day in 2018. Aage group of 15-20 years (Kanpur) Mohit Agarwal has firearm aloft and shouting “Yeh Massive protests erupted in “Chandan bhai ye badla have been taken hostage by a also rushed to the spot. lo aazadi” amid heavy police the area after the firing with aapke liye hai (this revenge is criminal in his house at Kasaria DGP OP Singh said a spe- presence in the area on hundreds of agitated people for you),” he had posted. village under Mohammadabad cial team of trained security Thursday afternoon. The boy gathering near the university, Continued on Page 7 police station of Farrukhabad personnel was at the spot and was overpowered by police and breaking barricades which lead district on Thursday. Late in they had kept NSG comman- taken into custody. to minor clashes with police the night he released a 10- dos on standby. Though normalcy personnel. Many sang the ! month-old child. “Our priority is to ensure returned to Jamia and its national anthem. As per reports, some the safety of the children and adjoining area by night, The gunman went live on women have also been taken rescue them at the earliest. It is Opposition parties cashed in Facebook before the brandish- NO hostage but their details have a difficult situation and all on the opportunity to corner ing the gun. Before the attack, ! !" not been given by the police. senior police officers are at the the BJP, accusing its divisive the man also put out messages # Chief Minister Yogi spot. We want to rescue the politics for the shooting. The on Facebook stating “Shaheen $ ! Adityanath held a meeting in children without any collater- incident has raised political Bagh Khel Khatam” (Shaheen &'#"( Lucknow and fever in poll-bound Delhi. Bagh game is over). Another ( !! directed the police The incident took place message stated, “Please wrap O to rescue the chil- when the students were head- me in saffron in my last jour- ! dren without any ing from Jamia to Rajghat. ney with slogans of Jai Shri ! harm at any cost. The march was stopped at the Ram.” His Facebook profile !+" The criminal, Holy Family Hospital near the was deleted after screenshots of ,!(+ " identified as university as the police said the his posts were circulated wide- L$ . Subhash Batham, protesters didn’t have permis- ly on social media platforms. .M took the children sion for the march. Suddenly a The man’s Facebook profile 0O! ! # $% hostage when they teenaged boy popped up with name is “Rambhakt Gopal” ( " " came to his house a pistol in hand and started (actual name withheld in case & to celebrate the shouting slogans against the he is proved to be a minor), birthday of his 15- anti-CAA protesters. He con- year-old daughter. fronted the protesters and The children # opened fire, injuring a student oon after the firing incident reached the house $% & ' in the hand. The incident took Sin Jamia area, the Election at around 1 pm " #"( place in full media glare in the Commission (EC) on Thursday but he locked presence of police. The imposed a 72-hour campaign- them in a room. The police al damage. Local legislator shooting video went viral with- R took place on a road at Jamia take stringent action,” Shah The last week saw an all ing ban on Union Minister of have so far not been able to free Nagendra Singh is also trying in minutes. Millia Islamia. said in a tweet message. out attempt by the BJP to State for Finance Anurag the children or talk to the to talk to the man,” he said. The gun-toting youth was Soon after the firing, Delhi The Home Minister also place Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA Thakur and 96-hour ban on criminal. Batham is a murder The police have also called overpowered by police and BJP chief Manoj Tiwari told said the Central Government protest as its main poll plank. BJP MP Parvesh Verma for convict and was released from in Batham’s relatives and local taken into custody. A case news agency ANI, “The shoot- will not tolerate such incidents. Led by Shah, the BJP leaders their provocative hate speech- jail on bail recently. Eyewitness village leaders. A huge crowd under section 307 IPC & 25/27 ing incident proves that the Delhi Chief Minister have unleashed massive out- es against anti-CAA protesters. said when some local people collected at the spot compris- Arms Act has been registered people at the heart of the Arvind Kejriwal asked the reach to convince the voters In its order, the EC has stat- tried to get the door open, ing mainly parents of the chil- at New Friends Colony police protest are violent in nature. Home Minister to take care of that the supporters of the anti- ed that the ban is effective from Batham started firing from dren who have been held station, said police. They believe in bullets and the “deteriorating” law and CAA protest, especially the 5 pm on January 30. The EC inside, injuring a man and two hostage. Tension prevailed in According to the shooting bombs.” He linked it (shoot- order situation in the nation- Shaheen Bagh crowd, repre- issued the orders after it stud- policemen. He even hurled a the area and a heavy force was video which went viral within n the season of hate speech- ing) with alleged plans to al Capital, “What is happen- sented the so-called ‘tukde ied their responses to the show- low-intensity bomb from the deployed there. minutes, dozens of policemen Ies, a lone shooter fired at assassinate Prime Minister ing in Delhi? The law and tukde gang”. cause notices issued on January window. Batham allegedly Meanwhile, ADG (Law & in riot gear are seen behind the anti-CAA protesters, hurting a Narendra Modi. order is deteriorating. Please In the process, Thakur 28. The EC refused to consid- shouted that he had been Order) PV Ramashastry said in shooter, but none of them is Jamia student on Thursday, However, Home Minister take care of Delhi’s law and seemed to have crossed the er their requests for personal wrongly framed in a criminal Lucknow that rescue operation seen trying to stop him. and raising the fear of com- Amit Shah was quick to tweet order,” Kejriwal said in a tweet. “line” when he allegedly egged hearing on the matter. case. However, the criminal was underway. However, police said the shoot- munal polarisation ahead of out an assurance that the “cul- The Opposition parties on the crowd to “shoot” the Both leaders have been asked people to talk to him but “Quick Response Team ing incident happened for a the Delhi Assembly election. It prit will not be spared”. latched on to the provocation protesters. Thakur chanted barred from holding any pub- when anyone came near the (QRT) and Special Operation split second. “By the time also gave ammunition to “I have spoken to the speech by Union Minister “desh ke gaddaro ko.” To w h i c h lic meetings, processions, ral- house he opened fire. Group (SOG) team are on the police could react, the person the Opposition parties to hold Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Thakur to accuse the the crowd chanted “ Goli maro lies, and interviews, public Even his demand to call spot. Anti-Terrorists Squad had already fired the shot. the BJP responsible for the on the incident of firing in BJP of creating a situation saalo ko.” utterances in media (electron- local BJP MLA Nagendra Singh (ATS) is on its way. It is being Everything happened in sec- shooting incident which Delhi and have directed him to that led to the shooting. Continued on Page 7 ic, print, social media). was met but the legislator could said that around 20 children are Continued on Page 7 not pacify Batham. inside,” he said. ' ( - & # $ . /" /012 petition of Akshay Kumar tion said was a “mockery of for execution of all the four Singh, who is likely to file a justice” and was only a “delay- convicts — Mukesh (32), eath-row convicts in the clemency plea soon. Pawan ing tactic”. Pawan (25), Vinay (26) and DNirbhaya case on Gupta is yet to file a curative While all eyes would be Akshay (31) — in Tihar jail at ,+3. Thursday took another step, petition in the top court. in the trial court on Friday 6 am on February 1. ) which may delay their sched- The day witnessed fast-paced when the matter would be The court had earlier on uled February 1 hanging, by development with the coun- taken up for hearing at 10 January 7 fixed January 22 as . rime Minister Narendra moving a trial court with a sel for Vinay, Akshay and AM, the reports have already the hanging date.