Delhi violence | Looted, burnt out homes offer little welcome to Shiv Vihar’s riot victims
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | Looted, burnt out homes offer little welcome to Shiv Vihar’s riot victims

The Hindu  

As the fires ebbed, and roads to one of areas worst affected by the riots, Shiv Vihar Phase 7, opened up, 25-year-old Arshi picked her way out of the rubble of what was once her home in an area that is now a ghost town. For days, residents here either hid inside their homes without food or water, or took shelter at homes in other parts of riot-torn North-East Delhi. Phase 7 was a mixed locality of Hindus and Muslims, she said, but since the violence of February, those whose homes were burnt, had moved into either Hindu or Muslim dominated areas nearby. “They kept saying they would come, but it wasn’t until after Mr. Trump left India, and the NSA visited the area that the first batch came,” says Sanjeev.

Homes Delhi Area Shiv Vihar  little  fear  vihars  mobs  homes  looted  violence  offer  area  victims  lived  officials  parts  riot  belongings  shiv  fled  days  welcome

History of this topic

2020 Delhi riots: three years later, the scars remain
1 year, 10 months ago

2020 Delhi riots: three years later, the scars remain

The Hindu  

A man in a helmet flinging a bottle of acid — that’s the last image etched in Mohammad Waqeel’s mind before he lost his eyesight three years ago in the communal riots that rocked north-east Delhi in 2020. We feared the rioters might hear it and come to know that people had taken refuge inside the mosque,” said Mr. Waqeel’s …

Youth files complaint of loot during Delhi riots, gets booked under the same FIR
4 years, 7 months ago

Youth files complaint of loot during Delhi riots, gets booked under the same FIR

The Hindu  

In a strange incident, a 24-year-old resident of Shiv Vihar was arrested in connection with the north-east Delhi riots, ironically in an FIR in which he was the complainant. In a complaint submitted at Karawal Nagar Police Station on March 6, Abu Bakar claimed that his residence was allegedly looted during the riots. The police handed him an existing FIR …

Delhi violence: As tales of brutality during clashes spread, citizens organise to verify threats, lessen suffering
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence: As tales of brutality during clashes spread, citizens organise to verify threats, lessen suffering

Firstpost  

While videos of alleged police brutality and its personnel’s behaviour with rioters was doing the rounds on social media after the start of the communal violence in northeast Delhi, ordinary citizens decided to fill the vacuum created by the inaction of the State While videos of alleged police brutality and its personnel’s behaviour with rioters was doing the rounds on …

Delhi riots aftermath: Muslims lock up homes, flee to find shelter in other parts of city, country; many are rebuffed
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots aftermath: Muslims lock up homes, flee to find shelter in other parts of city, country; many are rebuffed

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series that examines how Muslims in and around regions near Delhi have had to significantly alter their lives following the recent riots. Earlier when we used to pass the street, somebody initiated greetings by saying ‘Salaam’ from their balconies, but now it’s vice versa and the term has conveniently changed to …

Delhi violence | Father meets baby first time after riots
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | Father meets baby first time after riots

The Hindu  

“There was little warning,” said Shabana holding her newborn son, yet to be named. “There was no family around to even name my son,” she said as she recollected his birth on the night of February 24 at the Al-Hind Hospital in north-east Delhi ’s Mustafabad. Rescued and brought to the hospital by her Hindu neighbours after violence broke out …

Delhi violence | Agonising wait at mortuary for missing kin
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | Agonising wait at mortuary for missing kin

The Hindu  

The crowd outside the GTB hospital mortuary refuses to thin out with families still running around looking for ‘missing’ relatives on Sunday. Small passport-type photos or crowded family photos seem to the only solace now as people line up to check the mortuary for bodies holding these pictures for hospital staff, the police and the media, hoping for some information. …

Delhi violence: Uneasy calm as bodies of riot victims returned
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence: Uneasy calm as bodies of riot victims returned

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The eerie silence in violence-hit Old Mustafabad was shattered by wails, as the bodies of riot victims, released by the authorities, began arriving Saturday morning. Fear still stalks nearby Shiv Vihar, now destroyed, whose mostly Muslim residents have taken refuge in nearby Chaman Park, fearing another attack. “He said nothing will happen, but that night petrol bombs were …

Delhi riots ground report: Muslim women rained down acid from the terrace, slingshots were used to hurl petrol bombs
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots ground report: Muslim women rained down acid from the terrace, slingshots were used to hurl petrol bombs

Op India  

Large swathes of northeast Delhi were in throes of unprecedented violence as Muslim anti-CAA rioters went on a rampage. Read: Shiv Vihar ground report: Tale of two schools, one owned by a Muslim used as a war base, the other, owned by a Hindu, gutted by Islamists When he examined the claim made by the person, we found that the …

Delhi Anti-Hindu riots : Muslim meigbours attacks Hindu family with stones
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Anti-Hindu riots : Muslim meigbours attacks Hindu family with stones

Op India  

In a video that has now gone viral on Twitter, a Hindu man by the name of Vikas could be seen sharing his ordeal with an online news portal, Know the Nation, in the aftermath of the Delhi Anti-Hindu riots. Read: Shiv Vihar ground report: Tale of two schools, one owned by a Muslim used as a war base, the …

Delhi violence | Situation peaceful in riot-hit areas
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | Situation peaceful in riot-hit areas

The Hindu  

The situation in northeast Delhi was peaceful on February 29 with residents gradually coming to terms with the damage in communal riots in the area earlier this week. Sources, meanwhile, said the Delhi government is considering to issue a WhatsApp number on which people can complain about hate messages being circulated on the instant messaging app. The violence in Jaffrabad, …

Northeast Delhi violence Live: Situation peaceful in riot-hit areas, relaxation in sec 144 from 10 am to 2 pm
4 years, 10 months ago

Northeast Delhi violence Live: Situation peaceful in riot-hit areas, relaxation in sec 144 from 10 am to 2 pm

India TV News  

Normalcy is slowly returning to the riot-hit Northeast Delhi after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act turned violent killing at least 42 people so far while scores have been injured. Northeast Delhi Violence | Live updates 03:00 pm: A team of Border Security Force today visited the house BSF constable Mohammad Anees, whose house in Khajuri Khas area was set …

In fresh case of violence in Delhi, 60-year-old scrap dealer ventures out for work, returns home injured; dies later
4 years, 10 months ago

In fresh case of violence in Delhi, 60-year-old scrap dealer ventures out for work, returns home injured; dies later

Firstpost  

A 60-year-old rag picker, who went to collect scrap early Friday morning in northeast Delhi only to be brought back home with serious head injuries, succumbed while being taken to a hospital, his son said in what appears to be a fresh case of violence New Delhi: A 60-year-old rag picker, who went to collect scrap early Friday morning in …

Delhi violence | 1 killed in fresh attack; toll touches 42
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | 1 killed in fresh attack; toll touches 42

The Hindu  

A 60-year-old rag picker, Ayyub Shabbir on Friday became the latest victim of the violence that has gripped the city since Sunday, taking the death toll in the clashes to 42. Shrivastava has been given additional charge of Commissioner of Police, Delhi from March 1 until “further orders,” an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said. Delhi violence …

Saved from rioters by Hindu neighbour: Muslim survivor
4 years, 10 months ago

Saved from rioters by Hindu neighbour: Muslim survivor

India TV News  

Amid the mayhem witnessed in northeast Delhi, another tale of humanity and compassion getting the better of bigotry and hate was scripted, which was narrated by a Muslim resident of Shiv Vihar on Friday -- how his Hindu neighbour saved his and his family's life. Since were were no more safe, I escaped along with my wife and children and …

Delhi violence: Authorities focus on relief, rehabilitation as toll rises to 38; defiant Kapil Mishra blames anti-CAA protesters for riots
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence: Authorities focus on relief, rehabilitation as toll rises to 38; defiant Kapil Mishra blames anti-CAA protesters for riots

Firstpost  

As the Delhi government and law enforcement authorities made efforts to pick up the pieces in the wake of the violence in the National Capital’s northeast district on Thursday, BJP leader Kapil Mishra, whose ‘ultimatum’ comment was allegedly the catalyst for three days of riots, remained defiant and blamed sustained protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act for the violence. Delhi …

Northeast Delhi violence: Locals recall horror; 20-year-old evicted from house by landlord
4 years, 10 months ago

Northeast Delhi violence: Locals recall horror; 20-year-old evicted from house by landlord

India TV News  

With more than 30 fatalities reported in the wake of Northeast Delhi violence, many from the affected areas have come to the fore and have narrated their ordeal. GTB Hospital authorities said, a postmortem is being conducted and family members would be handed over the bodies after due formalities. Image Source : PTI Tahira Begum from Mustafabad waits outside the …

Northeast Delhi violence: Paramilitary personnel provide security for last journey of 26-year-old
4 years, 10 months ago

Northeast Delhi violence: Paramilitary personnel provide security for last journey of 26-year-old

India TV News  

Amid an eerie calm in northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar, where violence raged over the last three days, 26-year-old Rahul Solanki's body was taken to a crematorium by his distraught kin and armed paramilitary personnel on Wednesday. We wanted police and paramilitary forces to give us protection till we reached the crematorium to perform his final rites," he said. Twenty-seven people …

Delhi violence | In darkness, a ray of humanity
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi violence | In darkness, a ray of humanity

The Hindu  

A couple of Hindu households in north-east Delhi’s Shiv Vihar area offered shelter to 20 members of two Muslim families when mobs went on the rampage targeting people and establishments belonging to the minority community. The other family was also saved in a similar fashion by Vikas Singh, who rescued seven members of a Muslim family and gave shelter to …

North east Delhi violence: Protesters cleared from Jaffarabad, Maujpur, say police
4 years, 10 months ago

North east Delhi violence: Protesters cleared from Jaffarabad, Maujpur, say police

India TV News  

Delhi Police Special Commissioner, Crime, Satish Golcha on Wednesday said that protesters have left sites of protest in Jaffarabad and Maujpur in northeast Delhi and the situation is under control. On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Delhi Police and his ministry officials in the wake of violence that has been raging in the national capital …

Violence in New Delhi: Victims recount devastation
4 years, 10 months ago

Violence in New Delhi: Victims recount devastation

CNN  

New Delhi, India CNN — Abdul Samar was praying at a mosque in the northeast of India’s capital on Tuesday evening when protesters stormed in brandishing weapons, attacking worshipers and setting the building ablaze. The death toll is expected to rise as the counting process continues, the chief casualty medical officer at Delhi’s Guru Tej Bahadur Hospital said Wednesday. The …

Death toll climbs to 13, curfew in 4 places as situation remains tense | As it happened
4 years, 10 months ago

Death toll climbs to 13, curfew in 4 places as situation remains tense | As it happened

India TV News  

Northeast Delhi violence UPDATES: Violence in the northeast Delhi against the new citizenship law has claimed at least 13 lives so far. Here are the highlights of the third-day of violence: Northeast Delhi violence: As it happened Union Home Minister Amit Shah called third meeting on Tuesday evening in last 24 hours to inquire about the law & order situation …

Discover Related