Batla House encounter case

On 19 September 2008, an armed Delhi Police operation took place to arrest terrorists of the terrorist outfit called 'Indian Mujahideen' (IM), hiding in a flat in the Batla House area of Jamia Nagar, Okhla. The operation resulted in the deaths of two terrorists and one police officer, Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, with the remaining terrorists arrested. On 15 March 2021, one of the arrested individuals, Ariz Khan (alias Junaid), was sentenced to death for the murder of Inspector Sharma.