UP riots: Absconding BSP MLA arrested, sent to jail

Muzaffarnagar (UP): After evading police for over a month, BSP MLA Maulna Jameel was today arrested on the outskirts of the city for his alleged involvement in Muzaffarnagar riots. The legislator, against whom non-bailable warrant was issued over a month ago, was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate in the evening which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. [caption id=“attachment_1203245” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Forces keep watch over Muzaffarnagar after the riots. PTI[/caption] Jameel, an MLA from Meerapur constituency of Muzaffarnagar, is among several politicians booked for inciting communal violence in the district last month. He is also the third BSP leader to be booked in the case after his party MLA Noor Salim and MP Qadir Rana. A court in Muzaffarnagar had on September 18 issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 16 politicians and community leaders including BJP MLAs Sangit Som and Bhartendu Singh, BSP MP Rana, BSP MLAs Saleem and Jameel, Congress leader Saeeduzaman and BKU chief Naresh Tikait. At least 49 people were killed in the violence and thousands were displaced. PTI