On Sunday, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s Kisan Mahayatra met with protesters holding up black flags as Gandhi passed through Azamgarh district. The protesters were demanding a judicial probe in the 2008 Batla House gunfight in Delhi.
In the gunfight on 19 September 2008 in Batla House area of Jamia Nagar in South Delhi, two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists – Atif Amin and Mohamed Sajid – were killed, while two other suspects, Saif and Zeeshan, were arrested.
Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who had led the police team, was also killed during the incident.