New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch will produce the accused attacker in the Jamia firing before the Juvenile Justice Board on Friday.
Tensions in the Jamia area spiralled on Thursday after the attacker fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters, injuring a Jamia Milla Islamia student, before walking away while waving the firearm above his head and shouting "Yeh lo aazadi" amid heavy police presence.
The attacker had gone live on Facebook moments before he opened fire, injuring Shadab Farooq, a mass communications student, belonging to Kashmir.
While the attacker was overpowered by police and arrested, the injured student, who was seen bleeding from his left hand, was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
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The entire drama, which triggered panic in the area, was captured by television cameras that showed the man in light coloured pants and a dark jacket, walking away on an empty road barricaded by police, turning around and shouting at the protesters in Hindi, "Here, take this freedom." Behind him, a group of policemen could be seen in the frame.
"By the time police could react, the person had already fired. Everything happened in seconds. The investigation is on and the case has been transferred to the Crime Branch," said Special CP Intelligence Praveer Ranjan.
An FIR was registered under the Arms Act and a case of attempt to murder lodged against the attacker. "FIR has been registered against the person who opened fire under 307 IPC and Arms Act and further investigation is on," Joint Commissioner of Police, Devesh Shrivastava said.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
