Delhi riots and PFI: Police revealed that one of the accused - Mohammad Iliyas, who was the secretary of the PFI had also contested in the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls from Karawal Nagar on a ticket from SDPI
Video footage has reportedly revealed one Shahid being killed by Mohammad Firoze, Chand Mohammad and Rayees Khan, while another man named named Mehroom was killed by Shoaib and Imran.
During the attacks by the Muslim mob on February 24, DCP Amit Sharma was also grievously injured along with another Delhi police officer ACP Anuj Sharma. Head Constable Ratan Lal was killed by the rioters.
On Wednesday, home minister Amit Shah had informed in the parliament that 700 FIRs have been registered and more than 2,600 people arrested based on evidence.
Amit Shah said that the facial identification technique does not discriminate between communities and religions, "We entered Voter ID data and other information available with the government to identify people who were involved in the riots."