Mumbai, August 28: More than 15 days after a man was photographed desecrating the Amar Jawan Smarak at Mumbai's CST station, he has finally been identified and detained.
Sources say the police began a man hunt for him as soon as his picture vandalising the memorial appeared in the media. Police are also looking for his accomplice who was also photographed destroying the monument.
Police believe they was part of the mob in the riots that erupted on August 11 at Azad Maidan, where thousands had gathered to protest against the deaths of Muslims in ethnic violence in Assam. Two people had died and more than 50 were injured, most of them policemen.
Three rioters are being hailed as the main accused in the case. Two who desecrated the memorial, and another who was spotted in CCTV footage brandishing one of the stolen police rifles.
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