The national Capital on Monday remained peaceful in the wake of Jat quota stir. Prohibitory orders remained imposed in several parts of the city and there was no incident of any untoward incident. Over a hundred check posts were set up in areas, mostly bordering Haryana and the police barricaded some road stretches near Singhu Border, on Nangloi-Bahadurgarh road and Karnal road, senior Delhi Police officials said.
Riot control teams were deployed in northwest and southwest Delhi. Police are taking no chances after the first round of protests in February, in which roads were blocked and agitation was witnessed in these parts of the city.
It may be noted that Delhi Police had imposed CrPC Section 144 (prohibitory orders against unlawful assembly) in the bordering districts of Delhi and other parts of city on Sunday night.
Around 11 am on Monday, a small group of Jat protesters reached near Singhu Border, following which senior officials including the DCP and Joint Commissioner of the range rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control, officials said.
Most of the areas, in which prohibitory orders were imposed, are either located in the border areas near Haryana or inhabited by large number of people belonging to the Jat community.
The prohibitory orders have been implemented in 18 police sub-divisions — Dwarka and Najafgarh in South West Delhi, Alipur and Bawana in outer Delhi, Mehrauli and Vasant Vihar sub division in South Delhi, Sarita Vihar and Ambedkar Nagar sub division in South-East Delhi, Gokalpuri, Seemapuri and Khajuri Khas in North-East Delhi, Madhu Vihar and Kalyanpuri sub division in East Delhi, Mukherjee Nagar in North West Delhi and whole North Delhi, the senior police said.
These 18 sub-divisions, which have under their jurisdiction over 54 police stations, covering over one-fourth of the land area of the city, have been kept under constant vigil.
In the first phase of the Jat agitation, violence was witnessed in and around Mukherjee Nagar and Najafgarh areas. In February, the agitating members of Jat community had held demonstrations at several places in the city, leading to severe disruption of traffic on key arterial roads.