Deoband (UP): Hours after a 'radicalised' shooter, claiming to be a juvenile, fired at a group of peaceful protesters in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, BJP MLA Sangeet Som called for the murder of JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who was recently arrested for his "break Assam from India" remark. ANI reported on Friday that Som, in an interview on Thursday, said, "As far as people like Sharjeel Imam, who talk of breaking India are concerned, such people should be shot dead publicly," Som told ANI.

On Wednesday, a Delhi court sent Imam to five-day custody of Delhi police's Crime Branch. He was booked for sedition for his provocative speeches. Speaking on the firing incident, Som said, "Some people are spreading chaos everywhere in the country and firing at the protesters was also the trick of those people." The MLA from UP's Sardhana claimed that the man accused of firing will be soon proved as "one among the protesters".