In its charge sheet relating to the investigation and conspiracy behind the Delhi riots in February this year, the Delhi Police Special Cell has claimed that a ‘chakka jam’ was started on the roads during the period, not only to paralyze the regular movement of traffic but also for “engineer riot”.
The planning of the ‘chakka Jam’ (road blockade) took place on the middle night of February 16 and 17 in Chand Bagh during a secret meeting in which the main objective was to plan the road blockade and carefully choose the locations of the roads. riots, the special cell said. The rioters chose sites “located on arterial / busy roads in the vicinity of mixed population areas to paralyze normal life.”
Chakka Jam’s strategy, as mentioned in the charge sheet, was to block traffic, followed by “confrontation and attack on police and public persons, damage and destruction of public property through the use of arson and other means in these disturbances so designed, “said the Special Cell on its charge sheet.
The main defendants in the case, Mohd Ayub, Shadab Ahmad and Mohd Saleem Khan, arrested for the murder of police chief Ratan Lal, were present at the secret meeting in which the ‘chakka jam’ was planned. Also present was a regular contact from Pinjra Tod’s Devangana Kalita, Ravish, Mohd Athar, Shreya, etc.
Ibrahim, also arrested for the murder of police chief Ratan Lal, was a regular contact for Nazam-Ul-Hassan and Suleman Siddiqui, who had attended the secret meeting.
Gulfisha Fatima, arrested for rioting and attempted murder, was present at the meeting as well as being a regular contact for four more attendees: Mohd Athar, Zakir, Devangana Kalita and Tasleem.
Mohd. Mustaqueem, arrested for the murder of Rahul Solanki, was a regular contact for Rashid, who had also attended the secret meeting.
The charge sheet further mentions: “The task of killing a non-Muslim was assigned to Mohd Mustaqueem by Rashid on the day of the assassination. It is not a mere coincidence that while the murder weapon was financed by Tahir Hussain, the financing of The cartridges used in the murder of Rahul Solanki came from Suleman Siddique, one of the people who had attended this secret conspiracy meeting. “
During the investigation it was discovered that Devangana Kalita, Gulfisha Fatima and Shadab Ahmad, all three had attended the secret meeting and were regular contacts with each other. They were later arrested.
“Nadeem Khan of the United Against Hate and Delhi Protest Task Force was an important bridge between the conspirators who were present at the meeting and the ‘top brains’,” police said.
Athar Khan, the main convener of the meeting in Chand Bagh, had received an important phone call from Rahul Roy on February 23 at 12:18 pm, at the same time as the closing movements of some 300 women protesters from Jahangir Puri who were going a Later, the violence in Jafrabad was being coordinated between Tabrez, Jahanvi Mittal and Rahul Roy.
The Task Force has also established a link between the Jahangirpuri protest, the Shaheen Bagh sit-in and the Jaffrabad riots.
“It was on this date (February 16-17, the secret meeting of Chand Bagh) that the key conspirators decided that the final show of the pan Delhi protests will take place in the northeast, Shahdara, southern districts with the areas of Chand Bagh and Jafrabad as the initial hot spots, “police said.
The charge sheet also details the alleged role of documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy. He was recently summoned for questioning. He was also a key member in the DPSG WhatsApp group, which is now under scan.
The investigation found that on February 22, 2020 at 8:30 pm, Janhavi Mittal called Kusum Tabrez, wife of Tabrez (one of the organizers of the anti-CAA protest in Jahangirpuri). This was immediately followed by three long calls made to Rahul Roy, who was in his residence at Gurugram at the time.
After getting full details on the manpower and capabilities of the Jahangirpuri protesters, Rahul Roy called Janhavi Mittal again and “they spoke for about 20 minutes to set the stage for what was to happen on February 23, 2020. “the investigators mentioned in the charge sheet.
The next day, on February 23, 2020 at 8:41 am, Tabrez called Janhavi Mittal and gave him an assessment of the manpower and logistics available with him. Janhavi ordered Tabrez to move towards the Shaheen Bagh protest site.
“It is important to understand why some 300 female protesters from Jahangirpuri were sent to Shaheen Bagh and not directly northeast of Delhi, where the planned riots would take place later in the day,” the officials mentioned in the charge sheet.
By then, Tabrez, in command of 6 buses and 1 truck, arrived at Mori Gate at 1:03 pm; Janhavi called him and told him that from Shaheen Bagh, he should take these people to Jaffrabad.
Before this, at 10:30 a.m., around the same time that Tabrez organized the buses and put the protesters on it, Janhavi had called Rahul Roy and they had finalized the plans in a call that lasted more than 15 minutes.
“After reaching Shaheen Bagh, where there was nothing to do, Tabrez, as ordered, started traveling around 4:30 pm towards Jafrabad and arrived there after about 1 hour and 15 minutes and covered a distance of 22 kilometers with 6 buses and 1 truck under his surveillance “, mentions the charge sheet.
On February 23, 2020 at approximately 6:44 pm, Rahul Roy received a telephone confirmation from Devangana Kalita of Pinjra Tod about the arrival of women from Jahangirpuri.
The women, approximately 300, plunged into violence in the Jaffrabad area by clashing with police personnel and pro AAC protesters.
“After lighting the initial spark, these women were sent back to Jahangirpuri and Devangana Kalita shared her success in a phone call she made to Rahul Roy at 11:08 pm,” police said.
The expenses incurred by Tabrez in hiring the 7 vehicles were paid to him upon arrival at Highway 66 Foota by Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal (members of Pinjra Tod).
The movement of buses and women is also corroborated by the declarations of the drivers of vehicles and the data of their mobile phones.
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