Several years after the Batla house encounter, the Delhi High Court has ordered the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the authenticity of the incident. The case re-sparked a national debate on the issue of national security. The case has also been the subject of several polarising movies. A recent action thriller starring John Abraham and Mrunal Thakur was also based on the incident. After the encounter, protest rallies were organized.
The Batla House encounter involved police officers and alleged terrorists. It resulted in the death of two residents and a police inspector in the raiding party. In addition, the incident took place six days before the infamous 13 September 2008 terror attacks. This sequence of bombings caused at least thirty deaths and injured more than 90 others. The bombings came within months of other low-intensity blasts in Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
In September 2008, a gunbattle between Delhi Police Special Cell agents and suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives occurred at the L-18 Batla House in Jamia Nagar, Delhi. A team of police officers carrying out a search for the terrorists amassed in the area of the Batla House. In the aftermath of the gunbattle, the police officers uncovered evidence of the two suspects. The two men were killed in a shootout that ended in a gunfight.
A police team led by Special Cell Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma stumbled on the IM commander Atif Amin inside the flat of an apartment in Batla House. The raiding party consisted of police officers and several armed assailants. Two of the men were killed during the encounter, including Mohammad Saif and Md. Saif. The other two suspects fled from the apartment. The investigation of the incident is still ongoing and many suspects have been charged.
Batla House is a thriller film based on the real life events of the 2008 encounter at Batla House. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham. It is set in the Okhla district of Delhi, and was shot in the same area. The film also follows the investigation of two terrorists who escaped from the movie. The team consists of four officers: Rajat Singh, Sanjay Kumar, and Ravi Kishan.
