Man who opened fire at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh is AAP member: Police

Kapil Gujjar, 25, who allegedly shouted "Jai Sri Ram" while firing near police barricades on Saturday, has confessed to being a member of AAP, officers of the Crime Branch told media.

The man had fired in the air for two to three times standing near the police barricade where several women and children are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

According to reports, when his gun jammed, he was caught.

While being taken away he shouted: "Humare desh mein sirf Hinduon ki chalegi aur kisi ki nahi (in our country only Hindus will prevail)."

He was taken to police custody for two days.

During interrogation, the Crime Branch officers found some photos from Kapil's phone that established what he confessed-that he and his father had joined AAP a year ago.

In those photos, the man could be seen with senior AAP leaders like Atishi and Sanjay Singh, said reports.

The revelation can prove costly for the AAP just three days ahead of the Delhi Assembly Elections.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a barbed attack on the Aam Admi Party government in Delhi saying the national capital does not need a government that strengthens the morale of the terrorists during a militant attack.

Taking on the AAP government, Modi said Delhi does not need a government that disrupts every developmental move taken in the interest of the nation and sides with anti-nationals and terrorists to strengthen its narrow and selfish politics.

"Time has come to vent your anger against those who took the side of militants when terrorists killed our Jawans. On Feb 8, you will have the opportunity to answer those who questioned surgical strikes on terrorist camps post-Uri and Pulwama attacks, whose comments gave the enemy grounds to attack India," Modi said making a veiled attack at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal while addressing a rally in Delhi's Dwarka.

The BJP has repeatedly accused the AAP of triggering the protests and pandering to the protesters.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had even said that Arvind Kejriwal had once called himself 'an anarchist' and there was not much difference between "an anarchist and a terrorist."

"There is a reason why Delhiites have turned away from Arvind Kejriwal. He is making an innocent face and asking people, 'Am I a terrorist?' You are a terrorist, there is plenty of proof. You had yourself said you are an anarchist; there is not much difference between an anarchist and a terrorist," Javadekar had said in a press conference here.

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