On Tuesday, several level police officers along with Special Cell and Crime Branch officials with large teams had raided six possible hideouts of Tahir Hussain around Chand Bagh area, but the police could not find him.
It was found that over 10 lakh rupees from the flood relief fund were transferred to the bank account of local CPM leader MA Anwar. A clerk at the flood relief section has been arrested while Anwar and another accused are absconding.
As per a note released by the NIA, the arrested duo is a man named Tariq Ahmed Shah, aged 50, a resident of Hakripora, Pulwama and his daughter Insha Jaan.
Irshad had multiple cases of theft, murder and robbery registered against him in Thane. He was nabbed after the cops laid a trap, following a tip-off that he was planning to rob in the locality.
87 people were shot down during the riots. These include the deceased and the injured. At the same time, around 300 people were injured with bricks, stones, sticks, and other sharp weapons.
Shahrukh was caught on camera firing bullets at a policeman. He was initially reported arrested but later Delhi police had confirmed that he has been absconding.
Eyewitnesses in Delhi's riot-hit areas claim that Muslims had prepared for the attack on Hindus for long. In Brijpuri area, they say, a Muslim owner of a bike showroom had removed all the bikes to a safer location and had vandalised his own shop to claim victimhood.