Following a scuffle between two groups of people from different communities over a quarrel among children playing in a park in the Welcome area of Delhi, the Delhi Police have registered an First Information Report (FIR) for rioting. Police said that they have arrested three persons while 36 have been detained in connection with the incident.
The arrested persons have been identified as Aman, Faizan and Shivam. Police said that manhunt has been initiated to nab Fazil and Sonu, who are absconding.
According to a senior police official, on Wednesday around 9.50 PM, police control room (PCR) call was received regarding a quarrel near Photo Chowk under the Welcome police station area following which a police team rushed to the spot.
“After reviewing the situation, extra force was also mobilized. During preliminary enquiry revealed that a quarrel broke out among youths playing cricket as well as games on mobile phones in X and Y blocks of a park in the Welcome area. It escalated into a scuffle between two groups of people from different communities,” said the senior police official.
According to the police, the quarrel took place between youths Shivam and Fazil. Later, Sonu and Aman joined Shivam and Faizan joined Fazil. They threw stones at each
other.
“As more people gathered in the park, a call was made to the police fearing a communal tension. It was a teacher who alerted the police about the incident. A case under Indian Penal Code sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 34 (common intension) has been registered at the Welcome police station,” he said.
A total of 39 people were detained, of which three were arrested. Adequate security arrangements have been made in the area as a precautionary measure, police said.
“The situation is under control and preventive action under CrPC section 108 has been initiated. Police are checking the CCTV footage and taking help from locals and Nagrik Bhaichara Samiti members to identify the accused,” police added.