New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Delhi police have chargesheeted 410 people in 78 cases in connection with the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February, officials said Saturday.
Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after citizenship law supporters and protesters clashed with each other in the area, leaving 53 people dead.
Following the violence, the body of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma (26) was found in a drain in Chand Bagh, where he lived.
Police arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain in the case.
In the chargesheet, police has said there was a deep-rooted conspiracy behind the riots and Sharma was targeted by a mob led by Hussain.
Delhi police head constable Ratan Lal was also killed during the clashes.
He was attached to the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gokulpuri.
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Three days of rioting and tooting was triggered by BJP leader Kapil Mishra's warning to remove anti CAA protesters, and most of those killed were Muslims. Kapil Mishra has not been arrested for inciting the violence.
