ATS arrests PFI member Shahzad for his role in anti-CAA riots in Meerut

Noida Police Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested Mufti Shehzad, a wanted member of Popular Front of India in connection with December 20th riots in Meerut area of Uttar Pradesh. Mufti Shehzad has been accused of distributing provocative inciting posters before the violence and will now be handed over to Meerut police by ATS Noida.

According to the reports, the UP police arrested Shahzad, who was absconding after a case was registered against him and his accomplice, Parvez, at Meerut’s Nauchandi police station in December.  Six persons died and over five dozen, were injured in the violence, police said. He has been handed over to the Nauchandi police by the ATS sleuths for further interrogation.

According to the police, the accused Shehzad and his accomplice had also opened an office of the PFI at a rented house in Meerut’s Shastri Nagar from where the police had recovered several banners and posters carrying inflammatory messages.