Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter on Thursday and urged the Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure that the law and order situation is stable in Delhi. The Delhi Chief Minister raised concern over the firing incident in Jamia area on Thursday. His tweet came a while after, Amit Shah tweeted that such incidents will not be tolerated and the culprit will be strictly punished.
Kejriwal retweeted Shah's post with the caption: "What is happening in Delhi? The law and order situation is deteriorating in the city. Please control the situation."
An armed man opened fire at people protesting the new citizenship law near the Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi this afternoon. Before the firing, the miscreant went live several times on his Facebook account. He has been taken into custody by Delhi Police and is being questioned.
The man shouted 'yeh lo azadi (take your freedom), come I'll shoot you' and then fired on the protesters while he stood meters away from dozens of policemen deployed outside the university, where protesters had gathered for a march. The student who was injured has been admitted to a hospital.
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