Northeast Delhi turns into a war zone: Toll mounts to 13, over 200 injured

IPS officer Shrivastava appointed Delhi Police Special CP; SC and HC to hear pleas related to violence today; CBSE postpones Class 10, 12 exams in the affected areas

Communal violence over the amended citizenship law escalated in Northeast Delhi on Tuesday taking the death toll to 13 as police struggled to check the rioters who ran amok on streets, burning and looting shops, pelting stones and thrashing people.

After overnight incidents of arson, tension smouldered in the national capital and as the day progressed streets in several localities like Chand Bagh, Bhajanpura, Gokulpuri, Maujpur, Kardampuri and Jaffrabad saw pitched battles between the members of two groups who also hurled petrol bombs and opened fire.

Late in the night, locals in Maujpur area claimed that announcements were being made