Delhi Ex-Police Constable, Who Threatened to Shoot Anti-CAA Protesters in a Facebook Post, Arrested

Delhi, December 30: A 43-year-old former Delhi Police constable has been arrested after a video of him threatening anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters by posing as sub-inspector went viral. Rakesh Tyagi, who took Voluntary Retirement in the year 2014 from Delhi Police, was arrested from his residence in Uttam Nagar on Friday, Police said on Sunday. Anti-CAA Protests in Delhi: Police Releases Visuals Claiming Protestors Torched DTC Bus and Motorcycle on December 15 (Watch Video).

"Accused identified as Rakesh Tyagi has been arrested 2 days back. He took voluntary retirement in the year 2014 from Delhi Police and is a private citizen now. It is reiterated the freedom provided by the internet is illegal and appropriate legal action shall be taken against violators and when it comes to notice," Delhi Police said after a video of him went viral in police uniform. Anti-CAA Protests: Over 200 Detained During Protest Outside UP Bhawan in Delhi Against 'Police Atrocities'

In the clip, which went viral on Saturday, the accused is seen impersonating as a senior cop and threatening to "shoot the protesters" if they pelted stones at police personnel. The video shows Tyagi sitting in a car claiming to be a Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police.

Former Delhi Cop Threatens to Shoot Anti-CAA Protesters:

“If someone throws stones at me, I will shoot them. I will collect every stone thrown at me and donate it for the construction of the Ram Temple," he said in a 16-minute long video. In His facebook Profile, the accused claimed to be a Delhi Police officials from 1997 to the present date. Most of his posts on social media were in support of the Citizenship Law and NRC.

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