Meerut: Army man Jitendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji, who has been suspected of being involved in the murder of a police inspector during mob violence in Bulandshahr on December 3, was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody after he was produced in front of the magistrate in Bulandshahr on Sunday afternoon.“I have not done anything. I was present at the spot but I did not kill anyone. People are calling me an absconder but I reported back to my base on December 4,” Malik said in his brief media interaction in Bulandshahr.UP STF senior superintendent of police Abhishek Singh said that they had no direct evidence to link Malik with the murder of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, though Malik had confessed that he was present at the protest spot.“During the preliminary interrogation, Malik confessed that he was present at the spot. This will be corroborated through physical evidence in the form of video footage. Prima facie, there is no evidence to link him to the murder,” SSP Singh said.Another STF sleuth claimed that Malik could be seen instigating the mob in several videos but there are no incriminating evidence, as claimed in certain media reports, which showed him to be the shooter. He was arrested late on Saturday night. The Army handed him over to UP STF in Meerut.A six-member team of STF had gone to Sopore to take custody of Malik but the Army formally handed over his custody in Meerut late on Saturday night. Malik was kept at the local STF office in Meerut police lines and was grilled for several hours before he was finally taken to Bulandshahr and handed over to SIT officials investigating the violence, who later produced him in court.Advocate Sanjay Sharma appeared on behalf of Malik. “My client was produced in front of the remand magistrate. He was sent to judicial custody for 14 days. We will be applying for his bail on Monday,” Sharma said.

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