Court sends man to 14-day judicial custody in Delhi violence case

New Delhi: A Delhi court remanded a 27-year-old man to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the murder of a sweet shop worker whose mutilated body was found in Gokulpuri during the communal violence in the district last month. Chief metropolitan magistrate, Karkardooma sent Mohammad Shahnawaz to jail till March 24. He was produced before the court as his two-day police custody ended on Wednesday. The body of the victim, Dilbar Negi (22), was allegedly burnt by a mob after severing his limbs. According to police, violence took place near Shiv Vihar area on Feb 24 during which the accused and several others pelted stones, torched shops.