Delhi violence: Police files chargesheet in Dilbar Negi murder case

A chargesheet was filed against 12 people by Delhi Crime Branch in connection with the killing of an employee of a sweet shop during violence in Shiv Vihar of northeast Delhi.

New Delhi: The Delhi Crime Branch filed a chargesheet against 12 people in connection with the killing of an employee of a sweet shop in northeast Delhi during the communal violence.

According to the chargesheet, the rioters had camped inside and fired bullets from the terrace of Rajdhani School. They also threw petrol bombs, acid, bricks, stones and other missiles using an improvised large iron catapult, specially installed for the purpose, from the terrace of Rajdhani School.

The rioters had used ropes to climb down from the terrace of Rajdhani School into the compound of DRP Convent School and then the mob had set the school on fire. The mob had looted the computers and other expensive items from DRP Convent School, the charge sheet said.

Both DRP Convent School and Rajdhani School are adjacent to each other.

The charge sheet said the rioters had burned down a building which stood right in front of Rajdhani School, on the other side of the road.

Dilbar Negi, an employee with Anil Sweets (whose building was burnt) was trapped inside and his charred dead body was found later by the police.

Negi's decapitated body was found in Brahmpuri on February 26.

He belonged to Uttarakhand and was working in the sweet shop of the area.

Earlier, the Crime Branch, which is probing the murder cases registered during the riots, has arrested Shahnawaz for allegedly killing Negi and were trying to identify the other suspects.