Ayaz, 53, was arrested from a village in Chikkaballapur district near Bengaluru on June 17. He was declared a proclaimed offender in the murder of Lal, an incident in which then ACP Gokalpuri Anuj Kumar and then DCP (Shahdara) Amit Sharma also sustained multiple grievous injuries.
According to the prosecution, a riotous mob attacked police at Chand Bagh near Peer Baba Dargah on February 24, 2020, resulting in the death of Lal from a gunshot injury and serious injuries to the then Shahdara DCP Amit Sharma, then ACP Gokalpuri Anuj Kumar and another head constable Chetrapal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 33-year-old man, accused in the killing of Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, was arrested from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. India News | One Arrested for Involvement in Delhi Police Head Constable s Killing During 2020 Riots.
The police, however, say they are taking forward over 750 cases registered in connection with the conflagration. The riots had erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled, leaving at least 53 people dead, around 200 injured and also led to extensive destruction of property, including houses, shops, schools as well as religious places. As northeast Delhi became the epicentre of violence, clashes also broke out at Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Chandbagh, Khureji Khas, Bhajanpura, Dayalpur, Gokalpuri and other areas. Nizamuddin, whose younger brother Jamaluddin was killed by a mob in Shiv Vihar, says he has no idea about what is happening in his case.