A 42-year-old Delhi Police head constable and three civilians died while several police personnel including Amit Sharma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara sustained grievous injuries on their heads after being attacked by the protesters at North East Delhi's Chandbagh and Gokulpuri areas. The Head Constable was killed in Chand Bagh, while the DCP was injured in Gokulpuri. Several policemen in Jafrabad, Maujpur and Bhajanpura areas too sustained injuries in stone pelting between anti and pro-CAA protesters.
According to police, Ratan Lal, the Head Constable was posted in the ACP Gokalpuri office in Delhi. Ratan Lal was native of Sikar, Rajasthan and he joined Delhi Police as Constable in the year 1998. Police said Ratan is survived by his wife and three children.
"The clashes broke out between pro and anti-CAA demonstrations in Gokalpuri on Monday when the two sides pelted stones at each other. Ratan Lal was deployed in the Maujpur area where clashes had broken out on Monday," said a senior police official.
"Ratan Lal had sustained grave injuries during the stone-pelting. He was trying to pacify the protesters when he was hit by stones on his head. The head constable was taken to a nearby hospital where he died of his injuries," said the senior police official.
"AMit Sharma, the DCP Shahdara, suffered injuries to his head and hand. He was admitted to Max Hospital, Patparganj and is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The officer's vehicle was also set afire by protesters," said the senior police official.
"Total six police personnel have been admitted to Max hospital including one DCP and one ACP (IPS). Several other police personnel posted in the area also sustained injuries during the violence in Northeast area. Three civilians also died after injury during a stone pelting between pro and anti- CAA protestors," said the senior police official.