Haryana Police on Friday said Congress MLA Mamman Khan has been arrested in connection with the July 31 Nuh violence case.
Khan, who was named as an accused in an FIR registered after the violence, was arrested late last night.
Khan will be produced in a local district court in Nuh later in the day. The police shall be seeking his custody from the court for thorough interrogation.
Haryana government had told the Punjab and Haryana High court on Thursday that, “In FIR No.149 dated August 1, 2023 registered under Sections 148, 149, 153-A, 379-A, 436, 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station Nagina, District Nuh, Haryana; there are 52 accused persons out of which 42 persons have been arrested. One Taufiq, who is also an accused in the FIR was arrested on August 9th and Taufiq named Mamman Khan as one of the accused in this case.”
The state government further said that after due investigation call details from the mobile phones and tower location of Taufiq and Khan were examined. “…it was found that calls were exchanged on July 29th and 30th – one day before July 31st when the Nuh violence took place. As per the tower location, Mamman Khan was within an area of 1.5 km from the place of occurrence on July 29th and 30th and thus, the averments to the effect that that he was not close to the place of the occurrence in the petition is not correct,” the government told the court.
