Wounded Delhi limps to a tense calm after mobs turn it into battleground

PM appeals for peace; situation under control, says NSA Doval

A badly wounded Delhi began limping back to a semblance of normalcy on Wednesday with crisp directives to the government by the high court, immediate intervention by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and an appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for peace in the northeastern part of the city that has seen communal violence in the past two days.

Paramilitary forces like the Central Industrial Security Force, the Sashastra Seema Bal, usually deployed on the India-Nepal Land border, and the Indo Tibetan Border Police were pressed into service to conduct a flag march.

Residents were asked to stay indoors as