The Delhi Police have arrested five more people in connection with IB staffer Ankit Sharma's murder case during the communal violence in northeast Delhi last month, officials said.
The accused have been identified as Feroz, Javed, Gulfam and Shoaib from Chand Bagh area and Anas from Mustafabad, they said.
Earlier, a man identified as Salman was arrested in connection with the murder case.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has sent three of the four men, who were arrested for allegedly killing four people and dumping their bodies in drains during riots in Delhi's Gokalpuri area, to 14-day judicial custody.
The accused were identified as Pankaj Sharma, Lokesh, Sumit and Ankit, police said on Thursday.
Among these, Sumit, Ankit, and Prince have been sent to judicial custody.
Four bodies were fished out of Bhagirathi Vihar and Johripur drains by police on February 27.
According to police, on February 23 as the situation turned tensed in the area, brothers Amir Ali (31) and Hashim (19) went to their maternal home for safety. After two days, their father Babu Khan, a tailor, asked them to return as the situation had apparently become normal.
Both Amir and Hashim reached Gokalpuri area at about 9.30 PM on a motorcycle and asked their brother Sheruddin to come out in the lane, as they were terrified. But they never reached their home.
On February 28, when the family reached Gokalpuri police station, they learnt that Amir and Hashim were killed and their bodies and burnt motorcycle thrown into the Bhagirathi Vihar drain by rioters.
(With inputs from agencies)
