delhi violence

Rahul Gandhi alleges the BJP is creating a riot-like situation in Delhi. This follows the Uttam Nagar murder of Tarun and concerns over Eid violence. The Delhi High Court has ordered police to make arrangements. Gandhi urges Delhi residents to resist provocation and unite.

The initial autopsy of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma, who died during the delhi violence, suggests over 200 injuries, including deep stab wounds, apart from blunt force impact (assault), indicating that he was tortured and then killed before his mutilated body was dumped in the drain.

A mill-worker from Bhojpur district and a 15-year-old boy from Begusarai have lost their lives in delhi violence.

Members of 14 farmer, farm labourer, youth and students unions disrupted railway traffic on the Bathinda-Ambala section in Ambala to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and delhi violence.

A Delhi court has framed charges against six persons accused of vandalization and arson in Khajuri Khas and Bhajanpura areas during the northeast delhi violence on February 24, 2020.

"From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hundred suspicions don't make a proof." Quoting these lines from Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, 'Crime and Punishment', additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat discharged two men from the charge of attempt to murder in a north-east delhi violence case on Monday.

A day after the discovery of an IB official’s body in a Chand Bagh drain, two more bodies were found floating in Gokulpuri drain near Ganga Vihar junction on Thursday morning. The news spread like wildfire and the authorities started sifting through the clogged drains in northeast Delhi to check if there were more bodies of riot victims stuck in them.

“When we heard the mob attacking the houses nearby, we hid the men in our family under clothes and inside a cupboard. But the rioters barged in and dragged my brother out though he kept pleading, ‘Main aapka bhai hoon’. After two days of searching for him, we finally came to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where we located his body,” wept Farheen, sister of Mohammed Musharraf.

In the maze of the Chand Bagh neighbourhood, a four-storey building belonging to AAP councillor Tahir Hussain stands out — it’s the tallest structure there. In the past three days, however, it has also become the most talked about since the family of the IB official, Ankit Sharma, whose body was found in a drain, has alleged Hussain’s hand in his death. Several locals have alleged that rioters had used it to carry out attacks in the communal violence that rocked north-east Delhi. A video showing several hundred people throwing stones and petrol bombs from atop the building had gone viral on social media.

As violence, arson and lynching ruled the streets of Maujpur in Delhi on Monday night, 11 labourers from Murshidabad, who had gone to the capital for work, managed to escape the mob and return to their one-room accommodation in a “Hindu neighbourhood” at Ghonda Chowk, barely a kilometre from the riot-torn zone. The next 48 hours were living hell for them, as they remained hidden inside a dingy storeroom without food or sleep, waiting for help to arrive. They, along with two others, were finally rescued on Wednesday night and sent back home in Naoda, Murshidabad

Till Tuesday afternoon, there were no signs that the violence in northeast Delhi would come to an end any time soon. Police had evidently failed in stopping the rioters from wreaking havoc and the morale of the force seemed to have hit rock bottom with severe criticism coming from all sides. However, Delhi Police bounced back and regained control of the law and order situation in less than 24 hours.

The Crime Branch of Delhi police has arrested an accused for his involvement in the alleged killing of a man during north-east delhi violence, which broke out earlier this year.

The Feb 2020 communal violence in northeast Delhi claimed lives like Rahul Solanki, a civil engineer shot while buying milk, and Mehtab, a young man also killed for milk. Families are left shattered, facing grief, financial struggles, and constant fear, as their loved ones were caught in the unrest.

The channels were suspended for 48 hours over their coverage of last month's communal violence in Delhi, with the official orders saying they covered events on February 25 in a manner that "highlighted the attack on places of worship and siding towards a particular community".

The Delhi High Court on Friday listed the pleas on violence in northeast Delhi and hate speeches by political leaders on March 12.

AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and his aides were on Thursday booked in the case of murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma. Though he had not been arrested till late on Thursday, the police raided his house and sealed his factory in northeast Delhi. His call records and mobile activity are being scanned to ascertain the identity of the people he was in touch with.

A Delhi court has granted bail to the owner of a private school, arrested in a case related to communal violence in north east Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in February.

Many residents of riot-hit areas of the national capital are showing more faith in Ghaziabad cops than Delhi Police. Though no violence has been reported in Ghaziabad, officials said the police helpline here received at least 50 calls from distressed residents of northeast Delhi since Tuesday, which prompted cops to step out of their jurisdiction to rescue people and shift them to their friends’ or relatives’ houses in Loni.

Delhi government will bear all medical expenses of the riot victims even if they are admitted to private hospitals, give up to Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the kin of the dead, and up to Rs 5 lakh each to those who have lost houses in this week’s violence in northeast Delhi. The government has also announced a Rs 1 crore compensation to the family of head constable Ratan Lal who was killed in the riots, besides a job to one member of his family.

With some grocery shops having reopened, damaged electrical lines being restored, metro stations functioning and at least a few people starting to go about their daily chores, northeast Delhi is slowly trying to move on from the horrors of the last few days.

Shahrukh-the man who pointed a gun at a cop during Monday's clash in northeast Delhi is still at large. Multiple operations are being carried out to nab him. Police are scanning through his social media profile to ascertain his location. Sources say that he is constantly changing his hideouts, but communicating with his friends through social media accounts.

The Press Council of India on Thursday advised media to not “glorify” violence and desist from publishing or telecasting pictures that are likely to cause “revulsion”.

On the roads of certain areas of Shiv Vihar you will not spot a soul. While everyone’s attention has been on the key riot zones like Chand Bagh, Gokulpuri and Maujpur-Jafrabad, areas surrounding Phase 8 and 9 in Shiv Vihar along the Loni border have the eerie look of abandoned habitations.

These were a trying five days for Sunita Singh as she frantically searched for her missing husband, Prem. Having visited several hospitals, her search sadly ended at the mortuary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital. Clothes brought for Singh from “mangal bazaar” (weekly market) in Brijpuri helped Sunita identify her husband from among the six other bodies.

Inside colonies where violence broke out, life is slowly picking up. Several people came out to open their shops on Saturday evening and Sunday. “I opened my shop yesterday after the tension reduced. Not much harm has happened in the interiors. But why take a chance? It’s the common man who suffers,” said a Confectionery owner.

A special court in Delhi has dismissed the bail petition of an accused facing various charges in connection with a case related to the northeast delhi violence in February after taking the statements of witnesses at "face value".

Convictions remain low in riot-related criminal cases, with only 11 out of 53 seeing convictions by 2025. While over 40 individuals have been convicted, more than 100 were acquitted and 75 discharged. The lengthy trials, marked by judicial transfers, have impacted the progress of these significant cases, including the 'larger conspiracy case'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for peace and brotherhood on Wednesday in the wake of the violent clashes in Delhi. "Peace and harmony are central to our ethos. I appeal to my sisters and brothers of Delhi to maintain peace and brotherhood at all times. It is important that there is calm and normalcy is restored at the earliest," he added.

A month after ‘Sab yaad rakha jayega’ (Everything will be remembered), a poem penned by Mumbai-based Aamir Aziz in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act went viral online, Pink Floyd co-founder and guitarist Roger Waters read out an English translation of it to protesters at a march in London. At a gathering that demanded release of jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on February 22, Waters described Aziz as a “young poet and activist in Delhi” who is involved in a fight against “fascist, racist Citizenship law”. He added, “I think this kid’s got a future.”

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi high court to hear on March 6 petitions filed by 10 people affected by the recent violence in the national capital.