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Mob, courtesy Delhi Police | Follow this #thread for our coverage on the #DelhiViolence

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In northeast #Delhi, young men armed with sticks and rods set shops and homes owned by Muslims on fire, report @dipankarghose31, @Sourav_RB

Here are examples, witnessed by our reporters, where the mob ruled the street as police stood next to them: bit.ly/3a6IJxK

At hospitals, grief knew no religion. @Asthasaxena88 and @jignasa_sinha speak to families of the dead and injured, many of whom sustained bullet injuries

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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval visited riot-hit northeast Delhi at 12.30 am Wednesday.

Earlier, the Jafrabad sit-in protest led by women was cleared out by officials, and shoot-at-sight orders were issued.

@AmilwithanL, @mahendermanral report

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Meanwhile, the #Delhi High Court held an unprecedented midnight hearing at a judge’s residence after a group of doctors sought police protection for ambulances in the affected areas, @Singh2Pritam reports

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Express journalist Shivnarayan Rajpurohit was confronted by a mob that assaulted him, snatched his phone and smashed his spectacles.

"Hindu ho? Bach gaye... Ek aur bheed aa rahi hai aapke liye. Jaldi karo. Wo log chodenge nahi..."

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Photos of the brutal assault on Mohammad Zubair were captured by a @Reuters photographer and shared widely.

Zubair tells @mohanreports: "They beat me till they broke me... I can’t bear to look at my photograph, my legs shiver with pain."
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In the ongoing #DelhiViolence, what action can the Kejriwal government take in a UT where police are under the Centre? Under what circumstances can Delhi call for central forces? And if called, what is the state’s role?

@kaunain_s answers your questions

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Even as Home Minister Amit Shah convened a series of meetings to restore peace and normalcy in #Delhi, some BJP leaders suggested a potential future course of action. #DelhiConfidential

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Adjacent colonies Chand Bagh and Bhajanpura at war | RAF, Delhi Police lob teargas shells, pelt stones into Chand Bagh as “area domination exercise”, but while dealing with Bhajanpura residents, are more muted and ask them to back off. @mohanreports

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S N Shrivastava, a 1985-batch AGMUT cadre officer, was repatriated to the #DelhiPolice from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He has been appointed as Special Commissioner (Law and Order). @mahendermanral reports

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What is the Centre doing about the #DelhiViolence? @DeeptimanTY reports on steps taken, even as BJP leaders call the violence orchestrated, and the Home Minister says it is spontaneous

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Delhi HC to hear today a petition seeking a judicial enquiry and registration of FIRs against BJP leaders @ianuragthakur, @p_sahibsingh, and @KapilMishra_IND for making provocative statements on anti-CAA protesters #DelhiViolence

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Class X and XII board exams scheduled to take place today have been postponed for students of 86 centres located in northeast and east Delhi. @ieeducation_job

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. @AtishiAAP tweeted yesterday: "Why is the army not being called in?"

The answer lies with the AAP govt. For the Army to be called in, a formal request has to be made by the DM of the affected area. The DM is under the Delhi govt, @mallicajoshi reports

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Former L-G of Delhi Najeeb Jung has questioned the leadership of the @DelhiPolice. He tells @seemay SHOs are “a competent lot” but are “not being led properly”

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#DelhiViolence | Right under Delhi Police nose, men with rods, sticks assault, set homes ablaze

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