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DMK says Delhi violence "alarming," demands swift action

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Press Trust of India Chennai

DMK president M K Stalin on Tuesday

said the violence in the national capital has reached alarming proportions imperiling democracy and demanded swift action to restore normalcy.

"The violence in Delhi has now reached alarming proportions with gruesome attacks on citizens and journalists," Stalin said in his twitter handle.

The Union government, which controls police in Delhi, must act swiftly to book perpetrators of violence and restore normalcy, he said.

"Democracy is at peril," Stalin added.

A total of 10 people have been killed in the violence reported in northeast Delhi, police said.

Rioters set shops afire and pelted stones in a fresh wave of violence on Tuesday evening in Chandbagh area of northeast Delhi.

 

Paramilitary forces have also been deployed to bring the situation under control.

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First Published: Feb 25 2020 | 8:44 PM IST

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