R-Day violence well-planned, may have got foreign funds: Police


New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Iqbal Singh, arrested in connection with the Republic Day farmers' tractor parade violence, to seven days police custody, after police contended that he is the main conspirator, the event was well-planned and there may be foreign funding too.

The Delhi Police's Special Cell on Wednesday arrested Iqbal Singh from Punjab's Hoshiarpur. He was allegedly the part of tractor rally that breached course and created ruckus in the city. His videos went viral where he was purportedly heard threatening cops and inciting protesters to go on a rampage.

Iqbal Singh was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Poorva Mehra of Tis Hazari court, who then sent him to police custody. The police told the court, "Iqbal is one of the main conspirators. The events were not a random occurrence. It was well-planned."

The police emphasized that the event was a big conspiracy and that his link to Deep Sidhu, who was arrested in the case on Tuesday, need to be unearthed. "We have intelligence that there may be foreign funding too. Need to investigate that angle. We need to establish where his funding is coming from."

"We need to establish all his links -- who his supporters are, where the money is coming from and how he ran the channel. He is amongst the main instigators of this big conspiracy. It was a well-planned event, for which we already have another accused's custody," the police contended.

During the course of proceedings, Iqbal Singh told the court that he did not come to the spot to cause violence. "I reached the Red Fort just like that, did not think I would reach there. But when I reached, emotions around flared up. Whatever I did or said was in the heat of the moment."

On January 26, protesting farmers had clashed with the police during the tractor rally against three farm laws. During the clash, a section of protesters had entered the Red Fort and hoisted a religious flag. So far, the police have arrested almost 130 people.

On Tuesday, the Court had remanded Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu, accused in the Republic Day violence case, to seven days police custody. The Delhi Police told the court that Sidhu is the 'main instigator' of the violence.

Following the rampage, the Delhi Police had announced cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each on Deep Sidhu, Jugraj Singh, Gurjot Singh and Gurjant Singh; and Rs 50,000 each on Jajbir Singh, Buta Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Singh for their alleged involvement in the violence that saw at least one person die and several injured, including policemen.

 

  

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  • Leo, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 11 2021

    Now a days everything has a foreign hand except when we do it, it is not foreign hand. Our citizens and dignitaries go to USA during election campaign and scream at the top of their voices 'Abb ki bar, trump sarkar' is ok and that does not mean meddling in to their internal matter but if some foreigner just say ' talk to your farmers' then it becomes a conspiracy. And then what, FIRs are files, honorable film actors, singers, sportsmen with blood on their face tweet in one voice India Stands United and no interference in our internal matter. Our honorable dignitaries find it offensive to speak about the people who died during demonetization, during PMC bank crises, during migrants who went without food for days, more than 100 farmers who died in the cold weather, 2 months the farmers are protesting for their rights, the pain and sufferings inflicted by those in power on them by throwing cold water, firing tear gas shells, by lathi charging them, putting concrete and barbed wire barricades, by putting nails on the roads, calling the farmers terrorists, anti-nationals, maoists, urban naxals, khalistani supporters, pakistani agents. All these failed to touch their hearts and minds but a tweet from Rihaana was enough to break their silence. And now the biased police force finds foreign funding. They remained silent even when CAA riots took place and then blamed on the students and foreign connection. The British colonists were better than our own people.

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  • Tausif, Mysore

    Thu, Feb 11 2021

    BJP alone to be blame for this incident. If they have discussed and passed 3 Far laws all these protests would not have happened. And, Even now they would have rolled it back but not doing so they are encouraging more protests. BJP account should be charged for all these losses.

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  • Indian, Sharjah

    Thu, Feb 11 2021

    Outcome after interrogation of Deep Sidhu? Great!!

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Wed, Feb 10 2021

    But why police were acting like spectators standing at a safe distance shooting video movie with only handful police and letting the incident unfold?????.....When you had all the intelligence report then it was your duty to make adequate security arrangements with enough number of police. That incident couldn't have happened without signaling your support.

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  • Mohan, Kudla

    Thu, Feb 11 2021

    It's alll Startgey of thadipaar mith sha. Now just diverting issue to foreign funding.irs all game of govt... Divert the farmers protest issues. Fkeu is crying in rajya sabha for Gulam nabhi azads farewell. It's all fake tears. Same did while pm sworn in time, naming adavani... Its all publicity nd sympathy stunt by feku actor modi. He is best actor pm in Indian history.

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