4 Congress youth wing workers held for arson attempt at JP Nadda's residence
India Today
The Delhi Police has arrested four members of National Student Union of India (NSUI) for allegedly setting fire outside the Delhi residence of BJP president JP Nadda.
The Delhi Police has arrested four members of National Student Union of India (NSUI), the youth wing of the Congress, for allegedly setting fire outside the Delhi residence of BJP president JP Nadda.
The incident took place at around 4.30 pm on June 21 at Nadda's Moti Lal Nehru Marg residence. According to the police, 8-10 people had gathered outside the house and started sloganeering. After some time, the protestors became aggressive, wrapped two khakhi shorts on a wooden stick and set them on fire.
Thereafter, they tried to throw the burning sticks to the security room at the gate of the house, but this attempt was thwarted by the security staff.
A case under section 188/146/147/149/278/285/ 307/436/120-B IPC was registered at Police Station Tughlak Road, New Delhi in this regard and investigation was taken up.
During the course of investigation, exhibits were lifted from the spot for scientific examination and footages of CCTVs installed outside the place of incident were examined.
The CCTV footage revealed that about 10-12 people had come there in two vehicles, which were found to be registered at Rohtak, Haryana and Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh.
Further investigation with the help of local intelligence revealed that the offenders are members of NSUI.
