Section 144 imposed in parts of North Delhi after a violent CAA protest — led to a policeman’s death

• Delhi police imposed Section 144 on 10 locations in New Delhi after violent protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act killed a head constable and injured a DCP.
• Tension continued to prevail in the area as another bout of stone-pelting between pro- and anti-CAA groups was reported.
  
• The latest incident of stone-pelting came after eyewitnesses earlier said that there was stone-pelting from the crematorium side in the area.
  

Delhi police has imposed Section 144 on 10 locations in New Delhi after violent protests at Maujpur against the Citizenship Amendment Act; killed a head constable and injured a DCP. The protests took an ugly turn this afternoon even as protesters have started gathering in and around the area since Saturday.

Fresh clashes between the pro and anti CAA demonstrators broke out in the national capital. Incidents of firing and arson were reported in the Maujpur of northeast Delhi on Monday afternoon.

Tension continued to prevail in the area as another bout of stone-pelting between pro- and anti-CAA groups was reported. People ran helter-skelter as police tried to bring the situation under control.

The Delhi Metro, meanwhile, has announced the closure of the entrance and exit gates of the Maujpur-Badarpur metro station.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged Home Minister Amit Shah and Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to "restore law and order" as tension continued to simmer. These clashes have been going on since Sunday.



Eyewitnesses said that there was stone-pelting from the crematorium side in the area.

A large number of anti-CAA protesters had gathered outside Jafrabad metro station in northeast Delhi on Saturday night. They blocked road number 66 which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.

While most of the protests against CAA -- which was announced in December last year have simmered down; they continue to take place in spurts. The law which discriminates on the basis of religion while taking in immigrants, has divided and polarised the country.

The opposition party Congress has alleged that the BJP leaders are giving hate speeches in Delhi and the police is taking no action due to which there is a complete breakdown of law and order.

"Delhi Police, under Home Ministry, has completely failed to control law and order. BJP leaders have been openly giving hate speeches and threats but no action is being taken,” the Congress said.

This comes a day after police blocked internet services in Aligarh in UP after a protest against CAA turned violent. Many shops, two-wheelers and police barricades were set ablaze and stone pelting was reported from Babri Mandi, Ghas-ki-Mandi and Upperkot areas of the city.

The police lathicharge protesters and also used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

(With IANS)
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