Amid the clashes which erupted in northeast Delhi, one particularly spine chilling incident emerged from northeast Delhi's Jaffrabad, where a man brandishing a gun confronted an unarmed Delhi Police personnel, threatening him and forcing him to back away with his hands raised before firing repeatedly in the air.
Police said the 30-year-old man, identified as Shahrukh, has been detained for allegedly firing eight rounds on 66 foota road in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur area.
In a video shot by an eyewitness, the personnel — who was dressed in riot gear — was standing in the middle of a main street as the gun wielding man along with others approached him. The video purportedly shows the police standing tall and seemingly unafraid as the gunman saunters up to him, waving the gun and shouting. The gunman multiple rounds while tear gas shells can be heard exploding in the background.
As the alleged gunman points his gun at him, the police officer slowly retreats, holding his hands away from his body to indicate he is unarmed. The gunman then walks right up to the police personnel and shoves him away before firing in the air once more. As he fired protesters on the other side of the road can be seen scattering in fear. Displaying exemplary courage, the police personnel raised his hands and slowly walked away again, even as other miscreants shouted and threw stones at him. The video is one of several to have emerged from Monday's violence. In other disturbing videos and images, vehicles and buildings were seen burning. In Bhajanpura protesters threw petrol bombs at shops and set parts of a petrol station on fire.