Amar Jawan desecrator detained by Crime Branch

Mumbai: 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 arrested.

Sources say the police began a man hunt for him as soon as his picture vandalising the memorial appeared in the media.



Police believe he 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.