2020 North East Delhi Riots: Main Conspirators, In Murder Of Delhi Police Head Constable, Arrested

According to police, a 53-year-old man was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

Accused Mohd. Ayaz, a resident of Chand Bagh in Karawal Nagar, was reportedly captured on June 17 at a village in the Chikkaballapur area close to Bengaluru, Karnataka.

According to the police, Ayaz was one of the main murder conspirators and carried a Rs 1 lakh reward for his capture. He was designated a declared offender in the case despite having been missing for more than three years after the occurrence.

The accused worked in the construction and real estate industries. He and his brother Khalid both actively took part in Chand Bagh's anti-CAA-NRC sit-in protest.

According to Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) H G S Dhaliwal, the anti-CAA-NRC protest that followed the Shaheen Bagh rally was initiated at Chand Bagh by the accused Mohd Ayaz, his brother Khalid, and others in January 2020.

“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. However, when the police team tried to stop them, the accused, his brother Khalid and other rioters started pelting stones and attacked the police party causing death of Delhi Police Head Constable Ratan Lal and grievous injuries to many other police officers and personnel. A case was registered at Dayalpur police station in this regard, which is being investigated by Crime Branch of Delhi Police,” he said.

“It has been revealed that the secret meetings, in which the conspiracy of the riots was planned, would take place in the basement of Shazia Bakery, owned by Ayaz and his family. Thereafter, when the violence erupted in North-East Delhi on February 24, he along with his brother Khalid and other rioters violently attacked a police party, in which HC Ratan Lal was killed and the then ACP Gokulpuri Anuj Kumar and DCP Shahdara Amit Sharma sustained grievous injuries,” he added.

“A keen watch was being kept over the close contacts of accused Mohd Ayaz and his brother Khalid. The technical and manual surveillance revealed that the two brothers were changing their hideouts frequently. Later, we got information that both of them had moved to rural areas in Manipur to evade their arrest,” he added.

“After continuous technical and manual surveillance, it came out that Mohd Ayaz had moved to Bengaluru in the first week of June 2023. It was further revealed that he was in search of a suitable hideout in the rural area of Dhiburahalli, around 100 km from Bengaluru. Following the trail, a team of Special Cell reached Bengaluru and located him in Dhiburahalli, Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka from where he was finally apprehended,” senior police officer said.

More than 50 people died and over 200 were injured during the northeast Delhi riots, which broke out on February 24, 2020 and lasted until February 26, 2020. According to the police, more than 750 charges involving this have been filed at various police stations in Delhi's Shahdara and North-East districts.

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