NEW DELHI: Days after clashes between pro and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters, which has claimed the lives of at least 32 people and left hundreds of others injured in northeast Delhi, the situation in the national capital remains tense on Thursday (February 27, 2020). Amid appeals for calm and peace from PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and several top political leaders, the security forces conducted a flag march in different parts of Northeast district to monitor the situation in the area.
All the security personnel were equipped with riot gears and batons during the march. The newly appointed Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) SN Shrivastava also took stock of the situation in violence-affected areas in the Northeast district. Meanwhile, security has been deployed at various locations in the district with Jaffrabad, Maujpur-Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave and Shiv Vihar among the violence-hit areas in the Northeast district.
An order issued by the Delhi High Court yesterday said:
* Delhi government will ensure that shelters be set up, basic amenities like blankets, medicines, sanitation and clean drinking water be provided… shelter homes be used for this purpose and existing habitants shall not be evacuated.
* Zubaida Begum was appointed as amicus curiae. She will be provided with a new mobile number and will take the assistance of 4 to 5 staff members.
Injured police officer DCP Amit Sharma has regained consciousness, he is better now and is responding to medical treatment being provided to him at Max Hospital.
On the transfer of Justice Muralidhar, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the transfer was done on the recommendation of SC collegium and that a well-settled process was followed.
The Delhi Fire Service received 19 calls between midnight to 8 am on Thursday (February 27) from riot-hit areas of northeast Delhi, an official said. Over 100 firemen are deployed in the area and all the four fire station in the area are provided with extra fire tenders to meet any emergency and are being managed by senior officers, Director of Delhi Fire Service Atul Garg said. Senior officers are also camping in the riot-affected area, he added.
Chand Bagh witnessed the most violent arson in Delhi. The people here are having trouble procuring everyday ration items like milk and vegetables. People’s daily life has come to a standstill. No leader has come to meet them yet.
The AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Twitter flays Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying he is the “man who hasn’t uttered a public word yet on the ugly pirouette of maddened mobs”. Calling Shah the “custodian of Delhi’s security” Owaisi said the BJP minister would probably have a few answers.
One more death at Delhi’s Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital; toll rises 28 in violence. This includes 2 deaths at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital.
Meanwhile, Delhi HC judge S Muralidhar, hearing cases related to violence, has been transferred as part of routine exercise. Delhi Bar Council expresses shock over judge’s transfer
Baijal also attended a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The meeting resolved to enhance police-MLA coordination, quell rumour-mongering and reactivate peace committees in various localities of the city, says reports.
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal appeals to people to help the police and security agencies in restoring peace and maintaining law and order and communal harmony in the city
Delhi Special Commissioner of Police SN Srivastava took stock of the situation in northeast Delhi. Security deployed at various locations in the area.
Deeply troubled over deaths in clashes in northeast Delhi: US House Foreign Committee
Dr Kishore Singh, Medical Superintendant of LNJP hospital confirms 2 deaths at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital. Sunil Kumar, Medical Superintendent of Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital has confirms 25 deaths. Total death toll in Delhi violence has risen to 27 as of now.
Security forces conduct flag march in different parts of Northeast Delhi. Herer are some visuals from Jafrabad and Maujpur areas.
Bureau Report
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