A 53-year-old man was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
According to police, the accused Mohd. Ayaz, resident of Chand Bagh in Karawal Nagar, was apprehended from a village in Chikkaballapur district near Bengaluru, Karnataka on June 17. Police said Ayaz was one of the main conspirators involved in the killing and was carrying a reward of `1 lakh on his arrest.
He had been absconding more than three years since the incident and was declared proclaimed offender in the case. The accused was into the business of construction and property dealing. He along with his brother Khalid actively participated in anti-CAA-NRC sit-in protest at Chand Bagh.
Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) H G S Dhaliwal said that in January 2020, accused Mohd Ayaz along with his brother Khalid and others started anti-CAA-NRC protest at Chand Bagh in line of Shaheen Bagh demonstration. “During the northeast riots, a huge mob gathered at the Chand Bagh protest site on February 24, 2020 and attempted to block the main Wazirabad Road.