Delhi Riots: Police forms two special investigation teams to probe violence

Two Special
Investigation Teams (SIT) have been constituted under the Crime Branch, Delhi
Police to investigate the violence in the North-East district that has claimed
34 lives so far.

Both the
SITs will immediately take over the investigation of the cases connected with
North East Delhi violence. All the FIRs have been transferred to the SIT, Crime
branch.

DCP Joy
Tirkey and DCP Rajesh Deo will head SITs comprising four Assistant
Commissioners of Police in each team.

Additional
CP (Crime) B K Singh will supervise both the SITs.

Every team
under the ACP will consist of three inspectors, four sub-inspectors and three
Head Constables/Constables.

The police
have registered 18 FIRs and arrested 106 people in connection with the violence
in which 34 people, including a police head constable and Intelligence Bureau
(IB) officer Ankit Sharma, died.

Around 200
people have sustained serious injuries in the communal violence that raged for
three days in several areas of North-East Delhi. Properties worth crores of
rupees have been damaged in the arson.