Guwahati News Desk: Amidst the spar in the nations’ capital by the farmers, Delhi Police Special Cell arrested the ‘most wanted’ accused Maninder Singh, who was seen swinging a sword at Red Fort on Republic Day.
The 30-year-old protester was arrested from Delhi’s Pitampura. Police have recovered two swords (4 feet in size) from Singh’s house in Swaroop Nagar.
DCP (Special Cell), Pramod Singh Kushwah said, “Singh was swinging his swords to motivate/radicalise violent anti-national elements indulging in the brutal assault of police personnel on duty at Red Fort on January 26.”
During his interrogation, he confessed that he was “radicalised” after seeing various Facebook posts on different groups.
“Singh frequently visited Singhu border and was highly motivated by speeches there. He told us that he motivated six persons from his area and on the day of the violence, these men joined the tractor rally from the Singhu border to Mukarba Chowk,” Kushwah added.
Singh, who works as an AC mechanic, also runs a sword training school near his house in Swaroop Nagar Delhi.
