Delhi violence LIVE: 369 FIRs lodged, 1,284 people detained over riots

There were some areas of normalcy in the riot-hit localities of northeast Delhi with shops opening

10:12 PM

Sec 144 to be relaxed for 10 hrs tomorrow: MHA

MHA on situation in Northeast Delhi: No major incident has been reported in the last 36 hours in any affected Police Station of District North-East. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 will be relaxed for a total of 10 hours tomorrow in view of the improvement in the ground situation.  So far, 48 FIRs, pertaining to clashes, loss of lives and property have already been registered & further FIRs would be registered in due course. Police has detained or arrested 514 suspects for questioning so far. Further arrests would be effected in course of investigation.

10:10 PM

AAP suspends Tahir Hussain

9:48 PM

Man, who fired on protesters is absconding, yet to be arrested

Shahrukh, the man in a red t-shirt who opened fire at police during violence in North East Delhi has not been arrested and search for him continues.

A protestor brandishes a pistol during clashes between a group of anti-CAA protestors and supporters of the new citizenship act, at Jafrabad in north-east Delhi. PTI

9:16 PM

Delhi Police lodges FIR against AAP councillor Tahir Hussain

FIR registered against AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on complaint of IB officer Ankit Sharma's father. 

9:00 PM

LG Baijal asks Delhi Police Special CP to meet families of victims

Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday asked the Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) to meet the families of Delhi violence victims and ensure all possible assistance to them. An official said Baijal also asked senior officers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, Health Department and the district administration to assist Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) Sundari Nanda during her visit. Earlier in the day, Baijal held a review meeting on the law and order situation in northeast Delhi.

8:47 PM

AAP councillor made 'advance preparations' for violence: Manoj Tiwari

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari alleged that the recovery of petrol bombs, bags of stones, acid pouches and other items from Hussain's house have exposed a "well planned conspiracy" behind the riots. The violence in parts of north east Delhi in the past few days, has so far led to the deaths of 34 people and injuries to over 200, besides widespread damage to private property, including vehicles, houses and shops. "The AAP councillor had made advance preparations for violence in Delhi, but the AAP is trying to cover it up. The double standard of the AAP is exposed before the people," Tiwari alleged.

8:45 PM

JUST IN | Toll climbs to 38

Death toll in northeast Delhi violence rises to 38, says senior official. 

8:37 PM

HC to hear plea seeking FIR against Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka for alleged hate speech

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, ex-president Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Vadra and others for allegedly giving hate speeches. The petition by Lawyers Voice was on Thursday mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar which allowed it to be listed on Friday.

8:36 PM

Home set afire by rioters, Delhi family finds hope in 'miracle baby'

For 30-year-old Shabana Parveen, it was nothing short of a miracle -- giving birth to a heathy baby boy after surviving a murderous attack by rioters who kicked and assaulted her and her husband in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar. Their home set afire by the mob, Parveen's family is now pinning their hopes on the newborn whom they called a "miracle baby".

 

Parveen, her husband, two kids and mother-in-law were sleeping inside the house on Monday night when a mob barged into their house. Narrating their ordeal, Parveen's mother-in-law Nashima told PTI, "They hurled religious slurs, beat up my son. Some of them even kicked my daughter-in-law in the abdomen...as I went to protect her, they came charging at me... We thought we would not survive that night. But with god's grace we somehow managed to escape from the clutches of the rioters." "We rushed Parveen to a nearby hospital but doctors there asked us to go to Al-hind Hospital where she delivered a baby boy on Wednesday," she added. Despite having lost their home for over two decades and all belongings, her family has overcome the initial shock and are now overjoyed with the birth of the "miracle baby".

8:22 PM

Delhi govt to provide books, uniforms to schoolchildren who lost them in violence

The Delhi government will provide books and uniforms to schoolchildren who lost them during the violence and arson in northeast Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday. He made the announcement at a press conference here. "If children have lost books, the Directorate of Education shall provide books and notebooks free of cost to children of both government schools as well as private schools," Kejriwal said. "Disbursement will take place from the respective schools. Similarly, new sets of uniforms shall also be provided free of cost," he said.

8:21 PM

Amid uneasy calm in Northeast Delhi, politics heats up over deadly violence

A day after the spate of violence left at least 34 dead and over 100 injured in northeast Delhi, the confrontation has now shifted to the political arena with parties blaming each other for the situation on the ground in the national capital. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday went all out against the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing them of inciting violence and making political capital of the issue. BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar accused the rival parties of “politicising” the issue stating that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had given the call for “aar yaa par” (fight to the finish) in December last year. READ MORE HERE

Muqima Khatun, mother of Shahbaz who went missing during the communal clashes in northeast Delhi, wails outside the mortuary of GTB Hospital. PTI

8:16 PM

Delhi Waqf Board to set up relief camps, distribute ration kit in violence-hit areas

The Delhi Waqf Board will set up relief camps in violence-hit areas of the city and distribute ration kits in the affected areas, a member of the Board Himal Akhtar said. As directed by Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan, the relief camps will be set up in northeast Delhi areas that were affected by the riots. Distribution of milk and biscuits for children and ration kits have also started, Akhtar said. "Many people have lost their houses and are left to fend for themselves as their work has also been affected. We have set up teams to provide ration kits and other items like milk to the riot-affected people," he said.

8:11 PM

Rallies in Kolkata over Delhi violence

Appealing to people to save the country from divisive forces, two separate rallies were taken out in Kolkata on Thursday by the Trinamool Congress's women's wing and the Congress-backed Chhatra Parishad over the communal violence in Delhi. Thousands of women took part in the rally organised by the Trinamool Mahila Congress. It began at Hazra Crossing and culminated at the Gandhi statue in the Maidan area. The rallyists, led by state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, shouted slogans targeting the "politics of polarisation and hatred professed by the Sangh Parivar". They also protested against alleged police inaction over the violence.

7:39 PM

HC makes Centre party in PIL for FIRs over hate speech

The Delhi High Court on Thursday made the Centre a party in the PIL which has sought lodging of FIRs and arrests in communal violence in northeast Delhi over the amended citizenship law and gave it four weeks to file a reply to the petition. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said that "looking at the complexity of the situation", the central government was seeking more time to file a reply to the plea which has also sought lodging of FIRs against three BJP leaders over their alleged hate speeches in connection with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) related violence.

6:58 PM

JUST IN | Delhi Police forms two SITs to probe violence

Delhi Police transfers northeast Delhi riots probe to Crime Branch, forms two SITs to probe the violence.