Sachin Kumar Jain, who runs a furniture shop in the area since 1985, said he and four of his employees had locked themselves inside the shop for at least five hours when the violence broke out on Sunday.
Earlier on Monday Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava said that as many as six cases have been registered and the investigation is in advanced stages in connection with rumour-mongering in the national capital on Sunday evening.
The Delhi Police crime branch will investigate 47 murder cases which were filed after violence rocked the northeast part of the national capital, sources said on Monday.
The crowdfunding campaign being led by Kapil Mishra, first shared through his Twitter account on March 1, has so far been able to collect more than Rs 72 lakh for 'Hindu' riot victims
The Prime Minister''s Office has called a meeting with the state insurers on quick and hassle-free settlement of the claims coming from the riot-hit areas in northeast Delhi as the situation in the area limps back towards normalcy. Though these are initial days, preliminary estimates show that there could be insurance claims to the tune of Rs 10-15 crore which could go up as surveyors start assessing the situation once full normalcy returns.
When 27-year-old Gulshan enquired at a mortuary here about the body of her father who was killed in last week's communal violence in northeast Delhi, she was shown a severed burnt leg.
Around 98 per cent attendance was recorded in the board exams held in violence-hit northeast Delhi on Monday, the Central Board for Secondary Exams (CBSE) said
The National Commission for Women on Monday expressed concern over the "miserable condition" of the people affected by the violence in northeast Delhi, saying it is "disturbing" that victims have been told to visit the concerned state government offices to fulfil formalities in such a situation.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear cases against several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have been accused victims of inciting violence in the National Capital last week
Indian Youth Congress staged protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding registration of FIR against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma.
Delhi Police personnel who saved the life of nearly 150 people during bloody violence
Delhi violence: 8 dead bodies recovered from 3 drains of Delhi so far. The investigation so far has revealed that the rioters may have thrown them into the drain to hide the dead bodies.
Significantly, it has been reported that many of those involved in carrying out the violence were “outsiders.”
Though no new incident of violence was reported in northeast Delhi, where riots took place last week, but an atmosphere of fear and tension can be seen there. In this atmosphere, local students appeared for the board examinations conducted in various government schools on Monday.
Delhi Police on Monday busted yet another rumor running through the national capital thick and fast. It said a rumor about Muslims approaching with swords to down shutters in Tughlakabad was found to be "fake."
The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) on Monday launched a fast here urging residents of the national capital to stand and work together to restore peace
Several scuffles broke out between parliamentarians from Congress and BJP in the Lok Sabha on Monday as opposition protested the sectarian clashes in the National Capital, which have left at least 46 persons dead
Delhi Police on Monday took action against 18 persons responsible for Sunday's rumour mongering that resulted in widespread panic in South-East and West districts of Delhi. As per reports, the police has registered 2 cases to book those responsible.
A week after Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma's death in Chandbagh area, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced Rs 1 crore honorarium to IB staffer.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Centre over Delhi riots saying she is deeply pained by the killing of innocent people in Delhi and think it was genocide. The violence in Delhi was state-sponsored, she added.
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