Delhi police on Wednesday announced that they have caught the main suspect, Musa Quereshi from Telangana's Meerpet in connection to the case about the brutal murder of Intelligence Beaurae personnel Ankit Sharma during the Delhi riots 2020.

Muntajim alias Musa Qureshi was arrested by the Special Cell from Meerpet, Telangana on Monday. Earlier in 2020, other accused named Riyasat, Shahnawaz and Salman were arrested in the case. Former AAP leader Tahir Hussain and his brother are also accused in the case.

It was found out during the investigation that Ankit Sharma was murdered outside the residence of Tahir Hussain in the Khajuri Khas area on February 25. After stabbing him multiple times, the mob threw his body into the nearby drain.

“We have voice call recordings from phones where he is heard saying ‘chalo, maarna hai’ and ‘sab aa jao’ while talking about Sharma. He is one of the assailants in the case and is one of the key accused,” claimed a police officer.

Pramod Singh Kushwah, DCP (Special Cell), said, “During arrests of the co-accused, Muntajim’s role had come up. We had sufficient evidence but he absconded. Our teams were looking for the riots accused and men involved in the larger conspiracy. We recently received inputs that he had been living in Telangana for six months.”

Muntajim was previously arrested for murder and rape and made some friends in jail, during the riots, his friends Salman and Sameer came to his house in Chand Bagh, and he told the police.

“The men planned to participate in the riots in the evening. They called others and assembled near Firdaus Masjid, Mustafabad. They were looking for their targets when they found Sharma walking towards his home. They attacked him and stabbed him multiple times. We have already arrested Salman and Sameer in the case,” added the DCP.