New Delhi: After the Delhi police named JNU student Sharjeel Imam as the “instigator” of the violence reported at the New Friends Colony near Jamia Milia Islamia in December 2019, a court on Tuesday sent him to judicial custody till March 3. Imam has already been under arrest in a separate case, in which charges of sedition case have been invoked against him.The Delhi police has filed a chargesheet before chief metropolitan magistrate Gurmohina Kaur, naming Imam as an instigator of the violence, news agency PTI reported. The police have also attached CCTV footage, call detail records and statements of over 100 witnesses as evidence in the chargesheet.No student from Jamia Milia has been named in the chargesheet, which was filed on February 13. Police have also said that empty bullet cartridges belonging to a 3.2 mm pistol were found in the areas where the violence was reported, police say in the chargesheet.According to reports, 17 people have been arrested for the violence, none of whom are students of Jamia Milia Islamia. Of those arrested, nine are from New Friends Colony and eight are from the Jamia area.The court had on Monday sent Imam to one-day custody of Delhi Police in the case.On December 15, 2019, violence was reported at the site of an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest by students of Jamia. The students had claimed that ‘outsiders’ were responsible for the violence, a claim that has gained credence by the fact that the chargesheet does not name any Jamia students.After the violence, the Delhi police stormed the university without permission and were accused of a brutal crackdown on students. A fact-finding report found that police attacked students with intent of causing maximum damage. CCTV footage released recently has also contradicted the police’s official version that they had not entered the university’s library. The video shows police attacking unarmed students.Sharjeel Imam was arrested on January 28 from Bihar after cases of sedition were filed against him in five different states for a speech he made during a protest against the CAA. In the speech in question, Imam said no political formation has stood by the Muslims of India and that the Constitution could not emancipate Muslims. He said roads leading to the northeast should be blocked off by Muslims, forcing the government to listen to anti-CAA protesters.