The Delhi Police on Monday arrested two men who claimed to have attacked Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid on August 13 outside the Constitution Club in the national Capital. The police arrested Darvesh Shahpur and Naveen Dalal from Haryana. The accused are now being questioned, The Indian Express reported.

“We are verifying their claims and their interrogations are on,” an unidentified senior officer of the Special Cell said.

A team of the Delhi Police Special Cell visited the village of Sikh revolutionary Kartar Singh Sarabha, where the duo had said they would surrender on August 17. However, Shahpur and Dalal did not turn up that day, PTI reported.

In a video being circulated on messaging service WhatsApp, the men had claimed: “By attacking Khalid we wanted to give a gift to the people on the occasion of Independence Day.”

Unidentified men outside the Constitution Club in New Delhi attacked Khalid on August 13. A gun was reportedly found at the scene of the attack, and witnesses claimed two shots were fired. Khalid escaped unhurt. The police said two attackers reportedly escaped the site. Investigators are trying to verify if Khalid was the target of the attack. The case was transferred to the Delhi Police Special Cell on August 14.