New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested five more persons in connection with IB staffer Ankit Sharma's murder 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.
Police said they identified the accused through CCTV footage and information provided by eyewitness and local informers.
Earlier on Thursday, a man identified as Salman, a resident of Nand Nagri, was arrested in connection with the murder case.
Police have made portraits of two more suspects and identified four-five more men who are currently on the run. Efforts are being made to arrest them, they said.
Sharma's body was found in a drain near his home in northeast Delhi's Chand Bagh area on February 27, a day after he went missing.
Police said they are also interrogating Tahir Hussain in connection with Sharma's murder case.