Five men with alleged links to banned outfits have been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from Shakarpur area here, two of whom were also allegedly involved in the murder case of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu, police said on Monday. The group affiliation of those arrested is yet to be ascertained.

Those arrested have been identified as Shabbir Ahmed, Ayub Pathan, Riyaz Rather from Kashmir and Gurjeet Singh and Sukhdeep Singh from Punjab. The men from Punjab are alleged to have been involved in Sandhu's killing.