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Clashes erupt between pro & anti-CAA groups in Maujpur area, for second consecutive day

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted 'nobody should be allowed to orchestrate flagrations' and urged the Delhi LG & Union Home Minister to restore law and order.

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New Delhi: Clashes broke out between pro and anti-CAA groups in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur area for the second consecutive day on Monday with agitators pelting stones at each other.

Police fired tear gas shells and also resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the protesters. A few policemen also attempted to pacify the groups.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 24, 2020

The Delhi Metro also closed entry and exit at Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur stations as an uneasy calm prevailed in the area.

“Entry & exit of Jaffrabad and Maujpur-Babarpur are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations,” DMRC tweeted.

The entry and exit of Jaffrabad metro station were closed for over 24 hours.

According to officials, a fire tender was damaged by protesters after it responded to a fire call in the area.

Clashes broke out Sunday evening between pro and anti-CAA groups near Jaffrabad in northeast Delhi after a large number of people who have been protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act blocked a road, while similar sit-ins started in several others part of the national capital.

Police had to fire tear gas shells as members of the two groups pelted stones at each other in Maujpur, soon after a gathering, called by BJP leader Kapil Mishra, demanded that the police remove anti-CAA protestors within three days.


Also read:500 anti-CAA protestors near Jaffrabad prompt Delhi Metro authorities to close entry & exit gates


 

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