False rumours of violence spark panic in parts of Delhi; police, AAP leaders appeal for calm
India | Mar 01, 2020, 11:12 PM ISTAAP leader Atishi also took to Twitter and said she received WhatsApp messages about mobs in Govindpuri and Kalkaji areas
AAP leader Atishi also took to Twitter and said she received WhatsApp messages about mobs in Govindpuri and Kalkaji areas
VIPS on Sunday has postponed the University's internal examinations that are scheduled to be held on March 2, i.e., tomorrow, following the rumours of violence and disturbance from parts of the west and north Delhi.
People in the violence-hit Shiv Vihar and Mustafabad areas in northeast Delhi complained of cash crunch in ATMs on Sunday as they lined up to withdraw money from the machines which were either not working or not refilled with cash.
Unconfirmed reports of violence in Subhash Nagar, Khyala, Nangloi and Sagarpur created panic in many West Delhi areas on Sunday evening. Delhi Police, however, has denied any such incidents and called them as rumours. However, India TV received phone calls from people who claimed to have "witnessed the violence". Police, however, termed it an attempt to break harmony and peace.
Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa has claimed that the situation in Northeast Delhi is normal and relaxation has been given in areas where Section 144 was imposed after the violence.
The situation in northeast Delhi on Sunday morning remained peaceful with heavy police deployment in the areas which witnessed communal riots.
"You are lying. You people should first enhance your knowledge," MoS Anurag Thakur replied, when asked if he had raised the slogan in the Delhi assembly polls
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said on Sunday that the board examinations for Class 10, 12 will be held from March 2 through March 7.
Terming the violence in northeast Delhi as "pre-planned genocide", AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence and discharge his constitutional duty to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Congress will strongly raise the issue of communal riots in Delhi during the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament starting on Monday and demand Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation over alleged police lapses.
Three persons who died in the violence in northeast Delhi in the past week still remain unidentified as their bodies lie in the mortuary of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Dilshad Garden, hospital officials said on Sunday.
The Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) has been roped in by the GTB Hospital for post trauma shock assessment and treatment of the victims of northeast Delhi violence. The clashes that began last week following protests around the CAA turned violent and claimed over 40 lives so far.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sanctioned Rs 10 lakh to BSF constable Mohammad Anees, whose house was burnt in the violence in northeast Delhi.
Section 144 imposed in Shaheen Bagh area on Sunday, days after Delhi witnessed multiple incidents of violence. The Delhi Police made heavy deployment of security personnel in Shaheen Bagh, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months.
The second body on the same day has been recovered from a drain in Delhi's Gokalpuri area from where a body was found earlier in the day.
Warned by the JNU registrar against providing shelter to the Delhi violence victims on the varsity campus, the JNUSU remained defiant on Saturday, saying humanity supersedes "administrative threats".
India's celebrated top cops endorse the common view that Delhi Police were mute spectators to the violence which led to bloody communal riots in the national capital during US President Donald Trump's maiden visit to India earlier this week
The Delhi Police has registered 167 FIRs and arrested or detained 885 people in connection with the northeast Delhi violence, a senior officer said on Saturday.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a review meeting with sub-divisional magistrates on Saturday to take stock of relief operations in riot-affected areas of northeast Delhi.
At least four students of Farroqui madrasa in Brijpuri area of northeast Delhi have been missing since Tuesday night, residents said on Saturday.
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