The Delhi Police on Sunday morning imposed Section 144 preventing the gathering of groups of people and deployed security personnel in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area, where hundreds of women have been leading a protest against the new citizenship law since December.
Twelve companies, including two of female forces, have been deployed there, and 100 officers each from four police districts have also been deployed, an official told News18.
After police intervention, the Hindu Sena on Saturday called off a protest it was going calling for the Shaheen Bagh demonstration site to be cleared. The police said the prohibitions were placed on Sunday as a “precautionary measure.”
Last Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra had challenged the police to clear CAA protests sites or threatened that he and his supporters would do it. Clashes broke out hours after this, though there is no evidence to connect the violence to Mishra’s remarks.
At least 42 people were killed and over 200 injured in the clashes that erupted between supporters and opponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a review meeting with sub-divisional magistrates on Saturday to take stock of relief operations in the violence-hit areas. Kejriwal told reporters that the Delhi government authorities are working to restore normalcy.
“The SDMs will ensure that compensation forms are provided to victim’s households so that they can fill it up,” he added. “We have also been distributing food among the riot-affected people. There is no shortage of food.”
The police continued to patrol the areas in North East Delhi on Sunday and a heavy deployment of security personnel was seen across the district.
