Northeast Delhi violence: Spoke to LG, more police force being deployed, says Kejriwal

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Watch: Man opens fire during clashes over CAA protests in North East Delhi’s Maujpur-Babarpur area

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— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) February 24, 2020

मैंने अभी LG साहिब से बात की। उन्होंने भरोसा दिलाया कि और पुलिस फ़ोर्स भेजी जा रही है। किसी के भी द्वारा हिंसा बर्दाश्त नहीं की जाएगी। मेरी सभी लोगों से विनती है कि कृपया शांति बनाए रखें। हिंसा से कोई समाधान नहीं निकलेगा। https://t.co/d3biQqr13X

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 24, 2020

Lieutenant General Anil Baijal has appealed for calm and instructed Delhi police to ensure law and order is maintained. “Instructed Delhi Police and Commissioner of Police to ensure that law and order is maintained in North East Delhi. The situation is being closely monitored. I urge everyone to exercise restraint for the maintenance of peace and harmony,” he said.

Instructed @DelhiPolice and @CPDelhi to ensure that law and order is maintained in North East Delhi. The situation is being closely monitored. I urge everyone to exercise restraint for maintenance of peace and harmony.

— LG Delhi (@LtGovDelhi) February 24, 2020

In pics: Violence breaks out over CAA in Delhi’s Maujpur-Babarpur

Stone pelting incidents have been reported near Maujpur-Babarpur Metro Station while some vehicles were set on fire in Yamuna Vihar. At least two houses and a fire tender were torched in Jaffrabad and Maujpur, PTI reported. For security reasons, the entry and exit gates of the Maujpur-Babarpur Metro Station as well as the Jaffrabad Metro Station have been closed through. Police continue to be deployed in the area in strength.

IN PICS | Violence breaks out over CAA in Delhi’s Maujpur-Babarpur

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On Sunday, clashes erupted soon after a rally was taken out by BJP leader Kapil Mishra near a demonstration against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad. Security officials at the spot admitted the violence, including stone-pelting, threatened to take a communal turn, but was controlled.

The sit-in in Jaffrabad is one of many anti-CAA protests across the capital — from Shaheen Bagh and Nizamuddin to Khureji and Khajuri Khas — which started in December.