Delhi Police files chargesheet in December 15 Jamia violence case, names Sharjeel Imam as instigator

These 18 people have been charged with rioting, damage to public property and obstruction to the public servant in the chargesheet filed by the police.

Sharjeel Imam, former JNU student, who had been arrested by the Delhi Police earlier, has been named as the instigator behind the violence in Jamia Nagar and New Friends Colony on December 15 last year.

In its chargesheet, the Delhi Police also placed the CCTV footage, details of the call records and statements of over 100 witnesses who were examined by it in as evidence.

The investigation conducted by the Delhi Police revealed that the empty bullet cartridges found during the violence belonged to a 3.2 mm pistol. 

Delhi Police will also release more photographs for identification in the rioting. The chargesheet was filed before Delhi`s Saket court on February 13, the sources said.

So far, 17 arrests have been made in connection with the case – 9 from NFC and 8 from Jamia Milia University. According to Delhi Police, all of them are locals. No Jamia student has been chargesheeted in connection with the case. 

Chargesheet was filed in Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court under Sections 307, 147, 148.149 186 353 332 427 and other sections, said sources.

At least 95 people were injured during the violence, out of which 47 are police personnel, the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police stated.

Protests against the newly-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) had turned violent on December 15 near Delhi`s Jamia Nagar. 

Several buses were set afire during the violence in which police and protesters sustained injuries. The police had used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent protesters.