Gurugram, April 1 -- A crime branch team of the Gurugram police has arrested the 9th accused having a bounty of Rs 5,000 for allegedly attacking an under-construction mosque and killing an Imam Mohammad Saad, during riots in 2023, in Gurugram' Sector-57 area, police said.
According to the police, late at night on August 1, 2023, a mob of about 90-100 people, with cloth tied on their faces, carrying sticks and weapons, surrounded an under-construction Anjuman Masjid, pelted stones and fired at the police team present on duty there, they set the mosque on fire, and stabbed and shot Imam Mohammad Saad and injured one another Khurshid Alam present in the mosque.
Later, during treatment, Mohammad Saad died due to injuries sustained in the viol...