Sharjeel Imam was named in the chargesheet after an accused in the December 15 violence case alleged that he was provoked by Imam's speeches. (Photos: PTI)

The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in the December 15 violence that took place in Jamia Milia Islamia. The police have named JNU student Sharjeel Imam in the chargesheet as an "instigator". The police filed the chargesheet on February 13.

Sharjeel Imam's name was mentioned in the chargesheet after an accused in the December 15 violence had alleged that he was provoked by Imam's speeches.

According to the chargesheet, the police found empty bullet cartridges belonging to 3.2 mm pistol on the spot.

No Jamia student has been named in the chargesheet.

Amid controversy over CCTV videos from Jamia, police has revealed that it is still investigating the CCTV, call detail records and statements of over 100 witnesses attached as evidence. Police are also examining the role of political party Popular Front of India in instigating the violence.

So far, 17 arrests have been made in the case -- all locals.

The chargesheet has been filed under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon),149 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructing public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant) and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code.

Protestors had torched four public buses and two police vehicles as they clashed with police in New Friends' Colony near Jamia Millia Islamia during the demonstration against the CAA on December 15, leaving nearly 60 people including students, cops and fire fighters injured.

The police used batons and teargas shells to disperse the violent mob. They entered the Jamia university campus, saying that rioters had taken shelter there. However, the Jamia students had denied that they were involved in the violence and had alleged police brutality.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal had said groups of people, who were coming from the Jamia side, gathered near New Friends' Colony and blocked the road. The protesters, around 1,500, did not pay heed to the police appeals to clear the area.

The protest was being held against the contentious law which seeks to provide citizenship to non-Muslims religious minorities from three neighbouring countries who arrived in India to escape religious persecution before 2015.