21 hurt, bikes torched, buses vandalised as protesters turn violent in Delhi’s north-east
Hindustan TimesAt least 21 people were injured, nearly 20 vehicles were damaged, several shops vandalised and other public property destroyed as over 2,000 people hit the streets in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area on Tuesday during an agitation over the amended citizenship law. The violence continued for over one-and-a-half hours as the police contingent, including Rapid Action Force personnel, fired more than 200 tear gas shells and 46 gas grenades and resorted to lathi charge to disperse the protesters. Police said that they resorted to lathi charge to disperse the violent protesters and rescued school children and passengers trapped inside the two buses. It continued for about an hour.” With protests over the amended law being reported from several other parts of the city such as the Walled City and the continued agitation at Jamia Millia Islamia, lieutenant governor Anil Baijal, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir urged city residents to maintain peace and refrain from indulging in violence. Make your point through peaceful democratic means.” BJP MLA and leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta accused AAP’s Seelampur MLA Haji Ishraque of instigating protesters.