Fivemen with alleged links to banned outfits have been arrested by the Special Cellof Delhi Police from Shakarpur area here, two of whom were also allegedlyinvolved in the murder case of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu,police said on Monday.
Thegroup affiliation of those arrested is yet to be ascertained.
Thosearrested have been identified as Shabbir Ahmed, Ayub Pathan, Riyaz Rather fromKashmir and Gurjeet Singh and Sukhdeep Singh from Punjab. The men from Punjabare alleged to have been involved in Sandhu's killing.
"Themen were arrested after an exchange of gunfire with Special Cell officers. Weaponsand other incriminating materials have been recovered from theirpossession," DCP Special Cell P.S. Kushwah said.
Thepolice has also revealed that Gurjeet Singh and Sukhdeep Singh from Punjab wereinvolved in the murder of Shaurya Chakra awardee Sandhu, who was felicitatedfor fighting terrorism in Punjab.
Sandhuwas gunned down by bike-borne masked men at his Bhikhiwind house in Tarn Tarandistrict in Punjab on October 16.
Thepolice is ascertaining their intentions for presence in the capital.
TheSpecial Cell team has started the interrogations.