New Delhi: The Delhi Police Thursday night revised its official death toll in last week’s communal riots to 44, though reports pegged the figure at 53. The police, however said bodies were still being recovered and the identification process was underway.
First released on 27 February, the list was last updated Thursday. As a result, several names have been dropped from the earlier list. The discrepancy, police said, is likely a result of misidentification.
“There were a lot of bodies that were unidentified. So during their initial identification, the person in-charge making the list could have confused the names. It also happened that some relatives first identified a person and later retracted (their statement),” a police officer said Monday.
“The official list till now only has 44 dead,” he added.
The process to identify others is on, the officer said, adding that three bodies were fished out from a drain Sunday. “Those too are yet to identified. We will issue another list once there is more clarity on their names and age,” he said.
Violence broke out 23 February evening after pro- and anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests clashed. The clashes carried on for three days, with mobs armed with stones, sticks and rods running amok in Northeast Delhi.
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Below is the current list of 44 deceased. It will be updated when more information is available.
Brijpuri
Mehtab (22 years), Physical assault
Bhajanpura
Akbari (70 years), Burn injury
Bhajanpura Police Station
Mahroof Ali (32 years), Physical assault
Bhagirathi Vihar
Musaraf (28 years), Physical assault
Dayalpur
Prem Singh (30 years), Physical assault
Dayalpur Police Station
Unknown (25 years), Gunshot
Unknown* (25 years), Physical assault
*Was initially identified as Mohseen (22 years)
Gokulpuri
Ratan Lal (42 years), Gunshot
Dilbar (21 years), Burn injury
Nitin (23 years), Physical assault
Gokulpuri Police Station
Unknown (25 years), Physical assault`
Hasim Ali (26 years), Physical assault
Ghonda
Vinod (42 years)
Jagatpuri
Rahul Thakur (25 years), Gunshot
Kabir Nagar
Istayak (24 years), Gunshot
Karawal Nagar
Alok Tiwari (32 years), Physical assault
Dinesh (35 years), Gunshot
Rahul Solanki (26 years), Gunshot
Jamaluddin (30 years), Physical assault
Karawal Nagar Police Station
Suleman (45 years), Physical assault
Unknown (32 years), Physical assault
Kardampuri
Md Furkan (30 years), Gunshot
Faizan S (24 years)
Kartarnagar
Irfan (25 years), Physical assault
Khajuri Khas
Ankit Sharma (26 years), Physical assault
Babbu (32 years), Stone pelting
Khajuri Khas Police Station
Unknown (45 years), Physical assault
Loni
Shad Mohammed (35 years), Gunshot
Salman (24 years), Stone pelting
Md. Sahnawaj (Age unknown), Burn injury
Mandoli
Deepak (34 years), Stabbing
Maujpur
Md Mubarak Hussain (28 years), Gunshot
Pravesh (48 years), Gunshot
Beer Khan* (40 years), Physical assault
*Initially identified as Vir Bhan
Mustafabad
Md Mudassar (30 years), Gunshot
Asfaq Hussain (22 years), Physical assault
Sahaban (25 years), Gunshot
Aakil Ahahid (26 years), Physical assault
Sharif Khan (90 years), Burn injury
Old Mustafabad
Amir Khan (28 years), Physical assault
New Delhi
Naresh Saini (32 years), Gunshot
New Mustafabad
Zakir (24 years), Physical assault
Shahid (24 years), Physical assault
New Sabhapur Village
Arshad Raza (32 years), Physical assault
Seelampur
Amaan (18 years), Gunshot
(The copy was last updated 5 March)
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Why name all the victims? Is this not communalising? We need a census to see how many muslims have been added but that is denied to the people.
Its transparency.
NEVER EVER LISTEN SUCH SADIAST CONDITION SINCE I HAVE BORN
यह दंगा बिना किसी ठोस कारण के कराया गया है
जो मर गए वे लौटने को तो नहीं है
मारनेवाले किस लिहाज से हिन्दुस्तानी कहते हैं अपने को
इस दंगे में सामिल सभी लोग भारत के दुश्मन है
This happened only for hate speech of Maulana & Muslim leaders like Obaisi Brothers. In this world 80% majority bear 20% minority. This is Hinduism. This is Hindustan. Can you find this anywhere in other parts of world ? Muslim brothers Apne gireban me ekbar jhak Kar Dekho. Tarek Fateh aur Kerala ki Governor Jaise mahaan logo ki BAAT suno. Joha Muslim majority hai woha ki haal Dekho. Naa doosro ko jeene dete naa khud ji sakte. Allah tumhe MAAF nehi Karega.
Tarek fateh and Kerla governor??
They r lickers of modi and other govt. And people like u r becoming idiots. Btw those is already idiot can not be made again. Delhi riots r planned by modi govt. As 2-3 days ago Home Ministry has information about that…. Ur second god father Shah told about it in parliament.
BC Das is not idiot. Your are idiot. I am with him.
Tere dimaag mey gandi naali ka keeda gush chuka hain uska dimaag sey bahar nikalney ki jaroorat hai kabi owaisi ko suna hai aur uskey brother what they wants 15minutes Terey bemaar dimaag ko doctors ki jaroorat hai
Write the full name, it’s dilbar NEGI
Ordinary people want to live peacefully. Political parties like BJP, SP, AIMIM, Congress, BSP all parties want to segregate voters in name of religion,caste etc.
Various equations of votebank are worked out
and people vote for those leaders who are successful in creating fear among them . Democracy will be successful when votes are cast on basis of good governance. How ever , if directions are issued from religious leaders to vote this and not to vote that, then polarization and hate politics will survive.
Dilbar Negi too brutally killed
Brutal attack on Amit Mishra, DCP, murder of Ankit Sharma, IB employee, pointing revolver at Deepak Dahiya, a Delhi Police man, by Shahrukh, Shaheen Bagh protest causing great inconvenience to a large public and use of its platfort for delivering hate-speech, prima facie evidence suggesting involvement of Tahir Hussain, and above all start of violence from murder of Ratan Lal, a Delhi Police man, all suggest as to who was responsible for Delhi Violence. Certainly not, it was BJP,RSS, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi.
why anti-CAA protestors would start violence. It is sheer non sense. It is only the BJP and RSS suffer due to anti-CAA protest and planned the riots
Shows your pure ignorance that without any evidence or facts that you already made up your mind that BJP and RSS did it. The people that talk about killing and dividing India(mastermind of Shaheen bagh), Umarkhalid who asked people to come out on streets and protest, Tahir Hussain that murdered an IB officer and whose house was used as a launchpad for throwing bombs and acid,Sonia and Rahul and AAP gang that asked people to DO OR DIE , AIMIM leaders that openly talk about killing all Hindus and making India an Islamic country.Sharukh that shot at people with a gun killing many, Mamata banerjee who openly called for riots more than once. These aren’t the instigators of violence? The violence was started by just one BJP leader saying make way on the roads ?.When will you wake up from the brainwashing. There is as much violence from both sides. The opposition. They are putting you and me against each other and we are throwing blame at each other. Because you hate BJP , when you are ready to support Terrorists like Sharukh, Sharjeel Imam and murderers like Tahir Hussain, Owaisis and anti nationals like Gandhi family, mamata banerjee then I pity you.
Because Quran teaches hatred towards every other identity and prescribes that kafers should be killed.
Days of foolong people are over.
Yes they planned the riots when trump was in delhi and international media war there
दंगे सिर्फमुस्लिम बहुल इलाकों में ही कियो होते हैं । ज्ञान बाँटने से पूर्व विचार करें देश हित को धर्म से ऊपर रख कर सोचे शायद अपनी समस्या का जबाब मिल जाये
Muslim country mein hi kyu hote hai
Thousands muslim mob lunched police personals starting of roits muslims have think this also rather blamming each other muslims aiso have to oppose that mob