SOLVEDListenDelhi, India · 1985
On 4 September 1985, Delhi Metropolitan Council member and Congress leader Arjun Dass was shot dead along with his bodyguard by three Sikh assailants in Delhi, in what was described as revenge for his alleged role in leading mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
SOLVEDListenDelhi, Mughal Empire (present-day India) · 1757
In early 1757, Durrani Empire forces under Ahmad Shah Durrani occupied Delhi, extorted vast wealth from the Mughal capital's nobility and residents through torture and coercion, and left the city devastated, weakening the Mughal Empire ahead of the British victory at Plassey later that year.
SOLVEDListenSinghu border, Delhi/Haryana · 2021
Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit Sikh labourer from Tarn Taran district, Punjab, was lynched by Nihang Sikhs at the Singhu border farmers' protest site on 15 October 2021 after being accused of desecrating a copy of the Sri Sarbloh Granth.
SOLVEDListenRohini Court Complex, North-West Delhi, Delhi, India · 2021
On 24 September 2021, gangster Jitender Mann Gogi was shot dead by two assailants inside a courtroom at the Rohini Court Complex in Delhi; both attackers were then shot dead by police, and the incident triggered widespread criticism of court security.
The files run from 1757 to 2021. The 2020s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Sack of Delhi (1757), from 1757.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5), kidnapping and abduction cases (1) and robbery and burglary cases (1).
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Sack of Delhi (1757), from 1757. Open the file
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