During the hearing on the constable Subhash Tomar's death today, accused Nafees Ahmad, who was granted bail along with seven others on December 24, told the court that he was unable to find a person who can stand as his surety. "He (Nafees) is a worker. He is not able to find any person to stand surety for him. Everybody is scared by Delhi Police; so nobody is standing as surety for him," his counsel said.

"Why had you (Nafees) come to India Gate? With whom had you come?," the magistrate asked.

At this, Nafees told the court that he had gone there to join the protest against the gang rape incident. The court then granted him time till December 28 to furnish the surety bond. It also accepted the surety bonds of two other accused Kailash Joshi and brother Amit.

According to the FIR lodged against the eight accused, they indulged in violent protests in which over 20 buses and other government vehicles were damaged by the agitators.

It said Constable Subhash Tomar, who succumbed yesterday to his injuries allegedly sustained during the protest, was badly injured in the protest. The police also alleged in its FIR that 10 rounds of bullet were found missing from a sub-inspector's official pistol, while some agitationists had also snatched two boxes of the tear gas shell from police officials who were preventing them from causing damage at the India Gate.