Jamia Millia Islamia shooter with hate-monger Deepak Sharma. | Photo Credit: Facebook

Key Highlights Gopal’s profile picture on Facebook features a person named Deepak Sharma, the same man who has in the past been involved in extremist acts and violence in the name of ‘right-wing activism’ The suspect from Thursday’s incident was detained by Delhi Police and has been taken to the nearby New Friends Colony Police Station

New Delhi: The horrific images of firing near the campus of the Jamia Millia Islamia university in the national capital on Thursday noon has sent shivers down the spine of onlookers and those who have been following the violence in Delhi over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The suspect, a teenager, fired at the crowd that had assembled near Jamia for an anti-CAA rally in the presence of dozens of Delhi Police personnel. One person got hit by the bullet fired by Gopal and has been rushed to the nearby hospital.

While the police and the state-Centre establishments are busy getting to the bottom of the incident, a quick glance at Gopal’s social media account on Facebook can clear the air for many who are speculating his identity and background.

Gopal’s profile picture on Facebook features a person named Deepak Sharma, the same man who has in the past been involved in extremist acts and violence in the name of ‘right-wing activism’.

In September 2018, some right-wing members had defaced Delhi’s iconic Akbar Road and renamed it as ‘Atal Road’, painting the road’s signboard in black ink. The extremist group was led by a man who had time and again made headlines by making provocative speeches on social media.

Identity? Deepak Sharma.

In October 2018, another activist was booked for instigating Indian students against Afghan students at a Greater Noida university. Taking cognizance of the violence, the Gautam Budh Nagar administration ordered the local police to arrest the person involved in the incident and slap charges under the National Security Act on him.

Identity? Deepak Sharma.

The suspect from Thursday’s incident was detained by Delhi Police and has been taken to the nearby New Friends Colony Police Station.