NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested six people in connection with the violence that ensued in Seelampur following protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Two FIRs were registered in connection with the case on Tuesday and six people were arrested on Wednesday, police said.
Authorities on Wednesday also imposed prohibitory orders in northeast Delhi in the wake of violence that ensued in Seelampur following protest over the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Section 144 CrPc has been imposed in northeast Delhi, a police officer said.
Assembly of more than four people is banned under the orders.
On Tuesday afternoon, Protestors pelted stones at the police, damaging buses and vandalising public property.
The police had to fire tear gas shells as the protestors moved towards Jafrabad. They took about four hours to bring the situation under control.
Additional public relations officer (PRO) of Delhi Police Anil Mittal said 18 people were injured in the mob attack, including 11 police personnel. Two cases were registered at Seelampur and Jafrabad police stations for rioting, assault on public servant and property damage against unknown persons.
“The agitation was going peacefully when some anti-social elements targeted the police with stones. We used tear gas,” the officer said. Two buses, three motorcycles and two police booths were damaged.
Elsewhere in the city, sporadic protests continued. Traders and shopkeepers in Muslims majority localities — Jama Masjid, Lal Quan, Bara Hindu Rao, Okhla, Zakir Nagar, Seelampur and parts of Sadar Bazaar, shut their shops in solidarity. Protests also continued near Jamia Millia Islamia on Tuesday.
Imams and caretaker of local mosques and madrasas, housewives, Jamia alumni and students joined the protest. Mohammad Yousuf, an imam of a nearby mosque, said he had appealed to the protesters not to indulge in vandalism.
“We are here for peaceful protest to raise our demands,” he added.
