Delhi violence: Police files charge sheet against five in murder cases

The offences entail a maximum punishment of death penalty

The Delhi police filed three charge sheets before a court here on Tuesday against five persons in cases related to alleged murder of local residents during the communal violence in north east Delhi in February.

The Crime Branch of Delhi police filed the charge sheets before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Purushottam Pathak in the case relating to large scale rioting in many parts of north east Delhi, including the Brijpuri main road on February 25.

All the accused -- Ashok, Ajay, Shubham, Aarif and Jitender -- are in judicial custody in the case.

The charge sheets were filed in the murder