There was hardly 300-metre gap between Jafrabad and Babarpur-Maujpur metro stations where the protesters raised slogans Allah Hoo Akbar and Jai Shree Ram on either sides with iron rods, sticks and stones in their hands.
The lanes between these groups were filled with stones and burnt vehicles and eerie calm was palpable. The bikes were torched near Babarpur-Maujpur metro station by the mob. Those injured were taken in police vans to local hospital, as witnessed by The Pioneer correspondent. In a free for all when identities on religious lines mattered, journalists covering riots were singled out and were forced to establish their identities.
Many of them were addressed with choices of abuses and were asked to leave or else. A fire brigade was also seen rushing to the spot. Security personnel tried to disperse the protesters from both sides who were armed with rods and sticks. They also resorted to stone-pelting. However, the crowd was more than the security personnel deployed in the area. Media personnel were also heckled and driven away from the spot.
Under Jafrabad metro station, protestors opposing Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) are sitting while at Maujpur-Babarpur metro station pro-CAA are protesting. "We are ready to vacate the site but first people sitting at Jafrbad metro station should be asked end their protest," said a protestors who doesn't wished to be named.
At the spot, the mobs on both sides were waving national flag and with sticks and roads in their hand they were chanting slogans.
Torching of vehicles was also witnessed and the situation in the area remained tensed till Tuesday afternoon. The police also resorted to tear gases in order to disperse the crowd which had got agitated on Tuesday afternoon. The situation came under control after Rapid Action Force (RAF) was brought in the area to maintain law and order situation.
13 people, including a police head constable, were killed as violence spiralled over the amended Citizenship Law on Monday.
According to police, 56 police personnel and 130 civilians were injured in the communal clashes at Jafrabad, Maujpur, Chandbagh, Khajuri Khas and Bhajanpura.
Three firemen also received injuries while dousing flames in the area.