Northeast Delhi violence: Police arrest Shahrukh who pointed gun at cop

Shahrukh, the man who opened fire at police personnel during violence in northeast Delhi.
NEW DELHI: A gun-wielding man who was seen confronting an unarmed policeman during violence at Maujpur in northeast Delhi has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh and is being brought to Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.
On February 24, the cops had identified the man in a red T-shirt, who had opened fire at the police, as Shahrukh.
In a video that went viral last week, the 33-year-old man, could be seen pointing his country-made pistol at the policeman on the Jafrabad-Maujpur road on February 24.
The man fired eight rounds in the presence of police personnel.
At least 47 people, including a police head constable Ratan Lal and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, have died while around 200 people sustained serious injuries in the violence that raged in northeast Delhi.
(With inputs from ANI)
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