India, Jan. 11 -- Delhi Police on Friday night arrested three more people for allegedly pelting stones at policemen during a demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque in central Delhi's Turkman Gate earlier this week. The total number of arrests in the case has now risen to 16, police said on Saturday.

The three held on Saturday are Mohammed Naved, 44; Mohammed Faiz, 20; and Mohammad Ubaidullah, 23, all residents of the Turkman Gate area. Police said they were arrested late on Friday night after being identified through video footage.

On January 7, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out an overnight anti-encroachment drive around the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque. Following an order by the Delhi High Court, 32 bulldozers were pu...