The violence over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAA) that spilled over to the Seelampur and Jafrabad area of northeast Delhi on Tuesday left 18 people including 11 policemen injured, officials said.
A total of 18 people were injured including 11 policemen and seven passers-by in the violence that started in Jafrabad and spread to Seelampur, Welcome and Shastri Park. Five people have also been arrested under various sections of the IPC in connection with the violence. "The police is searching for other suspects," a Delhi Police spokesperson told.
Scenes from Delhi's Seelampur. Anything but a peaceful protest. Explicit violence and rioting here. #CAAProtest pic.twitter.com/GLyIhb9gV0
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) December 17, 2019
"The Delhi Police took the help of the Aman Committee to control the situation," he added.
Hi @Javedakhtarjadu,
— Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) December 17, 2019
More peaceful protests by your co-religionists residing in Delhi’s Seelampur. pic.twitter.com/EMhwKqCqw0
On Tuesday afternoon, some miscreants attacked a school bus, pelted stones and targeted the passers-by in the area. The passers-by abandoned their vehicles and fled to save themselves.
They attacked a school bus driver. Can you see this @anuragkashyap72@RichaChadha @MaheshNBhatt @Javedakhtarjadu @humasqureshi@anubhavsinha or NOT? Any tweets now for those burning #seelampur ? Any condemnation or "this is enough"? pic.twitter.com/Mp9FwGjPLh
— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) December 17, 2019
The violent mob also pelted stones at the northeast Delhi DCP office, set ablaze the vehicles in the parking lot of Jafrabad police station, two police booths and three other vehicles.
इस वीडियो को देखिये। दिल्ली के सीलमपुर का है, पर्दशनकारियों ने पुलिस पर पथराव किया, बसों पर पथराव किया, पुलिस सवारियों को सुरक्षित निकाल रही है। स्कूल की बसें है। ये कैसा प्रदर्शन है? #CABProtest pic.twitter.com/RjGU9S3GC5
— Jitender Sharma (@capt_ivane) December 17, 2019
Former Congress MLA Asif Khan (Okhla) named as one of the main accused in Jamia riots FIR.
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) December 17, 2019
Qasim Usmani, CYSS Jamia University named as one of the main accused in the Jamia riots. CYSS is the Aam Aadmi Party's student wing.
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) December 17, 2019
With the situation taking a turn for the worse, the police rushed five additional companies to the spot to help control the violence.
A total of 14 companies were deployed along with senior officers and local staff to control the mobs.
This is #Seelampur, Delhi. There is no ‘tyranny of distance’ for Bollywood and Lutyens pundits here; only tyranny of the ‘peaceful’.
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) December 17, 2019
This is exactly why we need an unsparing #NRC and an efficient #CAA.#ISupportCAA #ShameonBollywood pic.twitter.com/kqH6RVF3Wu
दिल्ली के सीलमपुर में अभी क्या माहौल है?
— BBC News Hindi (@BBCHindi) December 17, 2019
वीडियो: दिलनवाज़ पाशा/मनीष जालुई pic.twitter.com/pwWzKozcUp
DIRTY POLITICS, URBAN NAXALS BEHIND VIOLENCE, SAYS PM MODI ON PROTESTS AGAINST CITIZENSHIP LAW
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday blamed the Congress and “urban naxals” for protests against India’s new citizenship law even as home minister Amit Shah said the government is committed to implementing the controversial legislation.
At a rally in Jharkhand’s Barhait, Modi urged the Opposition to stop “spreading lies” and indulging in “dirty politics” over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) that fast-tracks the process of granting citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
My open challenge to the Congress Party, which is shamelessly peddling lies... pic.twitter.com/nxX6oeCceW
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 17, 2019
The home minister said in Delhi that no Indians would lose their nationality due to CAA and the legislation has been enacted only to give rights to persecuted minorities of the three neighbouring countries.
He asked students who are opposing the legislation to read it properly and understand its meaning and also sought to reassure Muslims.
This is the time to maintain peace, unity and brotherhood. It is my appeal to everyone to stay away from any sort of rumour mongering and falsehoods.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 16, 2019
“I want to tell our Muslim brothers and sisters, you don’t need to fear. Those who are living in India, there is no need to fear. No one is going to lose Indian citizenship. The Congress is trying to mislead people. The legislation is on the website. Read it. Narendra Modi believes in ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ [inclusive development for all]. No injustice will be done to anyone,” he said.
“The Congress is spreading lies, creating an atmosphere of fear for Muslims over the new law. Citizenship (Amendment) Act neither takes away the rights of Indian citizens nor harms them in any manner,” he added.
जामिया यूनिवर्सिटी इलाके में जारी हैं विरोध-प्रदर्शन, स्टूडेंट ने बताई सड़कों पर उतरने की वजह...
— BBC News Hindi (@BBCHindi) December 17, 2019
वीडियो: दिलनवाज़ पाशा/मनीष जालुई pic.twitter.com/5U3EBXXIyG
On Monday, Prime Minister Modi called violent protests on the new citizenship law “unfortunate and deeply distressing” and asked people not to let what he described as “vested interest groups” create a divide in society.
Shortly after, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi led a two-hour protest at the India Gate and said the crackdown on students in Delhi was an “attack on the soul of India”.
ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS BEHIND INCITING VIOLENCE: REPORT
As Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik briefed Union Home Secretary A.K. Bhalla on violence, the Delhi Police's Special Branch in a secret report revealed that several men in mobs that indulged in stone pelting and arsoning were illegal Bangladeshi Muslim migrants.
An organised group of Bangladeshi (infiltrators), worst hit by the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA), were behind the violence in the Seelampur area on Tuesday, it said. Several such Bangladeshis with criminal past were instrumental in initiating violence, it said and added, some armed infiltrators wearing masks set afire the state properties.
Delhi Police head constable Maqsool Ahmad admitted in ICU with severe head injuries.
— Raj Shekhar Jha (@rajshekharTOI) December 15, 2019
In the violence and stone pelting by unruly violent agitators today, 35 policemen including South East District DCP, Addl DCP South, 2 ACP, 5 SHOs and Inspectors injured pic.twitter.com/bxBVlPYawd
The protest was peaceful for the past two days, however, around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, a group of 10-15 people resorted to violence and attacked a school bus, it said.
As per the report, the violence may spread to neighbouring areas with large presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
@DelhiPolice Spl CP Lae Ordet visiting injured Head Constable Maqsood who was critically injured during protest near Jamia University today and is currently in ICU in Holy Family Hospital pic.twitter.com/ry70Ryzac3
— Anand Singh (@Anand_Journ) December 15, 2019
Besides Seelampur and Jaffrabad, they reside in shanties and slums in Sarita Vihar, Shaheen Bagh, Zakir Nagar, Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri, Shastri Park, Gazipur Mandi area, and several pockets of Khoda, adjoining Delhi and Ghaziabad. The report advocates strict patrolling and security arrangements in these localities where violent protests could emerge.
Look at the preparation with which they came ! The protestors came with sack full of stones which they used to pelt onto the police and buses. #seelampurprotest #Seelampur pic.twitter.com/PNe6cdAeDd
— Megha Prasad (@MeghaSPrasad) December 17, 2019
According to sources, the Bangladeshi migrants staying in Delhi for years are the worst hit by the CAA. They would have to return to their country of origin or face detention. Thus, they incited and indulged in violence, a DCP rank officer told IANS.
Delhi Police sources said, a list of illegal Bangladeshi migrants with criminal cases had been circulated to police stations for tracing and arresting them.
A police booth in Seelampur was burnt down.
— Vasudha (@WordsSlay) December 17, 2019
Are these #CAAProtests against the Bill or against India? pic.twitter.com/i9aWcs6kkD
The Delhi Police has a separate Bangladeshi cell in each 15 districts, which have prepared exhaustive list of such migrants with involvement in crimes, like thefts, pick-pocketing and snatching.