The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered two First Information Reports (FIRs) in connection with violence at North East Seelampur and adjoining areas on Tuesday following protests against the amended Citizenship Act.
According to Anil Mittal, Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO), Delhi Police, two First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered at Seelampur and Jafrabad police stations in connection with the violence and police have detained five persons.
“The FIRs at Jafrabad and Seelampur police stations have been registered under Indian penal Code (IPC) sections obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions and assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty and rioting,” said a senior police official.
“Police along with the respectable people and senior citizens in the area and also through mosques and madrassas here have taken the locals into confidence. The situation is now under control,” said Mittal.
“Police teams are gathering videos made during the violence. Further police teams are also looking for CCTV footages in the area to identify the miscreants who disrupted this peaceful march,” said Mittal.
Around 18 people, including 11 policemen and seven civilians, were injured in violence that erupted during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act in Delhi’s Seelampur on Tuesday.
“Three personnel of Rapid Action Force (RAF) were injured,” the officer said.
Angry protestors torched several motor bikes, pelted stones at police personnel and damaged buses and a police booth in Northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area. There were allegation from the locals that police fired shots at them which was instantly refuted by the Delhi Police top brass.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern range) Alok Kumar said that police exercised maximum restraint amidst tensed moments to bring the situation to normalcy.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police also pressed drones into service to keep a tab on the people who were perched on the roofs with bricks and stones. The live feed transmitted by the drones was being monitored and reinforcements were being sent to quell unsvaoury incidents, they said.
The police presence in and around the sensitive areas in the communally Northeast area has been beefed up and round the clock patrolling is being done to prevent anyone from taking law and order into their hands.