NEW DELHI, Jan 8: A Delhi court on Thursday remanded five men arrested in connection with a stone-pelting incident near the Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid at Turkman Gate here in 13 days of judicial custody.
The five accused—Mohammad Arib, Kashif, Adnan, Mohammad Kaif and Sameer—were produced before Judicial Magistrate Pooja Suhag.
The court sent all five to 13 days of judicial custody. The matter has further been listed for hearing the bail pleas of all the five accused on Friday.
The Delhi Police lodged an FIR against the five accused at the Chandni Mahal police station on Wednesday.
The total number of arrests made in the matter now stands at 11, including the apprehension of a juvenile. On Thursday, six more persons — Afaan, Adil, Shahnawaz, Hamza, Atharr and Ubed, all residents of the Turkman Gate area — were arrested.
An anti-encroachment drive near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in the Ramlila Maidan area on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday triggered violence, injuring police personnel.
Police claimed that 150 to 200 people were involved in pelting stones and glass bottles at the police personnel and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) workers. (PTI)
