The movement of ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) regarding paper leak may have ended, but during this protest, cases were registered against a large number of people which are being investigated. Now Delhi Police officials said that criminal records are registered against about one thousand people who attacked policemen and vandalized vehicles during the ‘Sansad Chalo’ march of ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ on July 20.
An official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that of the 2,873 protesters identified from CCTV footage, 989 were found to have criminal antecedents, including cases of murder, dacoity, robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping and other crimes.
Murder cases against 101 people
The website Hindustan Times, quoting sources, has claimed in its news that a report submitted to the government found that out of the identified people, 101 had murder cases pending against them, 284 had cases of dacoity and robbery pending against them, and 92 had cases pending against them for sexual assault and other crimes against women and children.
Of the 101 accused in murder cases, 42 have two or more criminal cases registered against them, while 12 people have a criminal history of at least 10 cases. According to sources, out of 284 accused in dacoity and robbery cases, 155 have multiple criminal cases registered against them, out of which 31 people are involved in 10 or more cases.
Case against 229 people under Arms Act
In this list, names of 135 accused people are registered in snatching cases. Similarly, cases were registered against 229 people under the Arms Act, 67 people under the NDPS Act and 19 people were also involved in kidnapping cases. The officer associated with the case said that many of the identified people are habitual criminals and many types of criminal cases are pending against them.
Protests started at Jantar Mantar last month under the leadership of CJP demanding the paper leak and resignation of the then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This movement gained further momentum when social activist Sonam Wangchuk joined it with an indefinite hunger strike.
CJP and Wangchuk called for a Parliament march on 20 July, in which thousands of protesters tried to march towards the Parliament, but were stopped by police taking brutal action. However, during this time there was a clash between the police and the students. The police lathicharged the students and used tear gas and pellet guns to disperse the crowd. skirmish
It was claimed by Delhi Police that they were part of an illegal protest. Later, the central government accepted many important demands of the protesters, including the resignation of the Education Minister and the formation of a task force led by Nandan Nilekani to reform the examination system. After accepting many demands, CJP ended the 37-day long protest on 25 July. The government also assured that no legal or police action will be taken against the protesters participating in the demonstration.
will start protesting again
However, it is being claimed by CJP that the government has not withdrawn the cases registered against the protesters. The party said that if all the FIRs registered against the student protesters were not withdrawn, they would start protests again. CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka asked the central government to ensure that no criminal cases are registered against the protesters and all detained students should be immediately released. Ranka also requested Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh who were involved in the talks.
Ashutosh Ranka wrote on social media
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