Anti-CAA Protests: Delhi Police Denies Reports Of Curfew Imposition In Parts Of Northeast Region

The Delhi police on Tuesday denied reports of curfew imposition in parts of violence hit Northeast region. Earlier, it was reported that the authorities have imposed curfew in Chand Bagh, Karawal Nagar, Maujpur, Jaffrabad. The Delhi Police also said that 10 people, including one policeman, were killed in the violence and they are responding to incidents involving anti-social elements.  Mandeep Randhawa, Delhi Police spokesperson said the situation in northeast Delhi is under control, even as several parts of the national capital continued to reel under violence. Randhawa said 11 FIRs have been registered in connection with the violence.

"We are responding to incidents involving anti-social elements. Sufficient force has been deployed in northeast Delhi. The RAF and CRPF has also been deployed," he said. Senior police officers are also monitoring the situation closely, he added.

Security has also been stepped up in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh as a precautionary measure following violence in Delhi over the amended citizenship law, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

Despite no untoward incident taking place in any part of the city on Tuesday, officials concerned maintained strict vigil in all sensitive areas, he said. While most shops in minority-dominated localities, including Upper Kot and Jiwangarh, remained closed on Tuesday, the business establishments in Dodhpur and Amirnishan which were closed on Monday reopened today.

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The district authorities are making efforts to persuade shopkeepers to open their establishments and facilitate normalcy. On Sunday evening, violence had broken out in Upper Court locality followed by clashes between anti-CAA protesters and the police in Jamalpur locality in the early hours of Monday morning.

District Magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said additional police force, including some senior officers, has been deployed to monitor the situation round-the-clock in all sensitive areas of the city.

Senior Superintendent of Police Muni Raj said more than 350 people have been booked in 12 separate cases filed in three different police stations, including Kotwali, Delhi Gate and Civil Lines.

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They have been booked under different sections of the IPC, including Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion).

Among those booked is a prominent BJP leader of the city, Vinay Varshney, who has been named in an attempt to murder case filed by the family of Mohammad Tariq. He received gunshot injuries and was admitted to an intensive care unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital.

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