Delhi Police says 123 FIRs filed, 630 arrested for causing violence

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With no major incident reported from the riot-hit northeast Delhi in the last 36 hours, the Home Ministry said that prohibitory orders imposed under section 144 of the CrPC will be relaxed for a total of 10 hours on Friday.

As many as 514 suspects were either arrested or detained for questioning and further arrests would be made in the course of an investigation, the Home Ministry officials said.

Delhi Police on Thursday issued an appeal, urging people and media persons to come forward and give their statements and share pictures and video footage in connection with the violence in North East Delhi. 

"Whereas incidents of clashes have taken place in the northeast district, Delhi since February 23. All those who are witnesses to the incidents or have captured any activity on their mobile phones or camera are hereby requested to come forward and give their statements, footage and pictures in their possession at DCP office, northeast district, Seelampur, Delhi, during office hours, on any working day within seven days," said B K Singh, Additional CP Crime Branch. 

At least 38 people, including a police Head Constable and Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma, died while around 200 people sustained serious injuries in the violence that raged for three days in the North-East areas of Delhi.

Two Special Investigation Teams have been constituted under the Crime Branch, Delhi Police to investigate the violence. 

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28 February 2020

18:21 IST

Delhi Police in a press release puts the official number of deaths due to the riots at 38, the number of FIRs filed are 123 and the number of people detained/arrested is 630. It said that the FSL and SIT teams are visiting the incident sites. Officials said that police has been deployed, all senior police officers will be at the spot for the next few days. It also stated that the number of distress calls has reduced and there is complete normalcy in the area.

17:39 IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that as many as 9-night shelters have been arranged for those displaced by riots. "People who have lost their homes, they need immediate relief. Tomorrow itself we will provide them Rs 25,000 and within 2-3 days the govt will do the assessment of their loss. After the assessment they will get the due compensation," he said.