Police: Delhi riots-accused received funds from foreign accounts

NEW DELHI: The investigation into the funding of the Delhi riots has found that money from some foreign accounts in the Middle East and UAE was allegedly transferred to riot-accused, Meeran Haider, a month before the riots had broken out.
Delhi Police’s Special Cell has recovered a register from the Jamia student in which they found hand-written entries of the amount that was transferred into various accounts. Police also claimed to have recovered some of the cash from Haider’s account.
The register has been sent for a handwriting analysis to establish whether the entries were done by Haider himself.
Cops recovered the diary while probing into a suspicious transfer of Rs 5 lakh into Haider’s account. During the search at his house, cops found Rs 2.5 lakh.
Haider, who has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), will be questioned regarding the suspicious transfers and their connection to the riots.
Probe had revealed that Popular Front of India was also involved in logistically backing the anti-CAA protests. It was also found that Jamia Coordination Committee of which Haider was a member, was formed specifically to organise the protests against the CAA.
The members of the committee were present at the different protest sites at the time of the violence. Cops analysed the call details of the members of the committee to establish this fact.
Haider, who was arrested for his role during the north-east Delhi riots, was a key member of the JCC. He had been coordinating with all the other members in continuing the protests.