Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Delhi Violence: Any person who is found guilty should be given stringent punishment. If any Aam Aadmi Party person is found guilty then that person should be given double the punishment. There should be no politics on the issue of national security.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday said no "rioter should be spared" as he responding to questions over the alleged role of AAP councilor Tahir Hussain in Northeast Delhi violence.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced a number of compensation schemes for those affected and injured in the northeast Delhi violence. He said the Delhi government will bear the costs of medical treatment of all those injured and being treated in private hospitals.
In a shocking statement on the tense situation in Northeast Delhi, a Cabinet Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana said: "violence is a part of life." Referring to the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said violence and riots have happened in the past too.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has postponed Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams scheduled for February 28 and February 29 in violence-hit northeast Delhi.
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AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Thursday denied that he was involved in the riots or in the killing of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer whose family accused him of being behind the murder.
As police conducted flag marches and security personnel spread out across the northeastern edge of the national capital in a bid to quell the violence raging since Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first reaction appealed for peace and brotherhood.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct fresh exams for students who have not been able to appear for papers in other parts of the national capital due to the violence in northeast Delhi, officials said. The board has sought details of students who failed to appear for exams due to the prevailing situation in the city.
India on Thursday described the comments by a US commission on religious freedom and by "few individuals" over violence in the national capital as "factually inaccurate, misleading" and an attempt to politicise the issue.
Amit Sharma, who is the DCP of Shahdara, came under a fierce mob attack during Monday's clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in northeast Delhi. He was hospitalised and is still battling for his life.
Delhi Special Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) SN Shrivastava: As of now the situation is returning to normal. We are registering cases and proceeding with legal action, soon we will be making arrests.
Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, and other party leaders reach Rashtrapati Bhavan to submit a memorandum to the President on Delhi Violence.
Controversy has erupted after an Intelligence Bureau officer was found dead in a drain in northeast Delhi's riot-hit Chand Bagh on Wednesday. The family members of Ankit Sharma has accused Tahir Hussain, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor from Nehru Vihar, of plotting his death at the hands of the mob during the violence.
After reports of alleged role of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tahir Hussain in the death of Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee Ankit Sharma, the leader defended himself by claiming that he was himself a victim of mob violence. The leader claimed that he was forced out of his home and it was taken over by miscreants.
GTB Hospital authorities said, postmortem is being conducted and family members would be handed over the bodies after due formalities. Injured persons, many with bullet shot wounds continued to be brought in to hospitals.
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Amid the recent incidents of violence, several WhatsApp groups are being investigated for their role in the riots. Meanwhile, Delhi Police has registered 18 FIRs and 106 people have been arrested in connection with the riots in North-East Delhi.
Muralidhar was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on a day when a bench headed by him expressed "anguish" over the Delhi Police's failure to register FIRs against alleged hate speeches by BJP leaders Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur.
The violence that began on Sunday spread across northeast Delhi, with more than 200 people being injured in the clashes. Shops and schools were closed and many streets deserted with police making announcements that no one should come out of their homes.
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