Nuh violence: Congress MLA moves court for SIT probe, finds out he is named as accused

Congress MLA Mamman Khan who was arrested on September 14 for alleged involvement in the violence that broke out in Haryana's Nuh on July 31 only found out he is an accused in the case when he moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court asking for a Special Investigation Team probe.

Khan was named an accused in an FIR lodged after the Nuh violence, the Haryana government had told the High Court on Thursday, also claiming that the police have phone call records and other evidence to back the charges.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had addressed the Mamman Khan case at a press conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday. "If during investigations he is found involved then he will not be spared," he had said.

Haryana's Additional Advocate General Deepak Sabharwal told the High Court that Khan was named an accused on September 4 after the evidence against him was evaluated. There was "ample evidence" against him, he later told reporters on Thursday.