Man opens fire in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh 2 days after Jamia shooting, shouted 'only Hindus will rule'

New Delhi: A man has been arrested in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh for opening gunfire in the locality where women of all ages have been protesting against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act since December. According to eyewitnesses, the man, who identified himself as Kapil Gujjar, opened fire close to the police barricades, nearly 250 metres behind the stage. He was overpowered by police and locals, and taken into custody. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or injuries. This is the second time this week that an armed man has entered the site where the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has been going on since over a month. While being taken into custody, he shouted, “Hamare desh mein sirf Hinduon ki chalegi. Aur kisi ki nahi chalegi (Only Hindus will get to call the shots in our country and nobody else).” Abu Ala Suhani, a publisher and resident of Shaheen Bagh said, "The man appeared be in his 20s and fired two rounds. While he was being taken into custody, we heard a policeman asking him his name. The man said his name was Kapil Gujjar and he belongs to Dallupura village in Uttar Pradesh." “The man had resorted to aerial firing. Police immediately overpowered and caught him,” DCP Chinmoy Biswal said. The incident comes days after a local contractor armed with a gun had come to the site and asked the people to end the protest. It also comes two days after a minor was arrested from outside Jamia Millia Islamia for firing at an anti-CAA protester in police view. The opposition parties had then accused junior finance minister Anurag Thakur for inciting the attack with his ‘goli maaro saalon ko’ slogan at a Delhi election rally. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party repeated his allegation that the Shaheen Bagh and Jamia incidents are attempts by the BJP to create law and order problem in Delhi ahead of the February 8 elections. “We had alerted the EC... There is a conspiracy being hatched by the BJP to postpone elections in Delhi by creating a law and order situation,” said AAP leader Sanjay Singh. Source: News18