India: On Delhi Violence, Amit Shah Asks Police To Take Strict Action

NEW DELHI, 19 April 2022, (TON): Union Home Minister Amit Shah dialled Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana today and called for strict action in the violence that hit northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri two days ago on Hanuman Jayanti.

A senior official from the Home Ministry said "Home Minister was very categorical and asked them not to make any mistake while probing the matter.”

The police are in a tight corner over a petition filed in the High Court today, which claimed that one of the accused is a juvenile.

An officer said off the record "when he was arrested, he told police that he is 21 or 22 years old. When he was taken to doctor, he again said same thing. Now we have produced him before juvenile justice board.”

Investigations have also revealed that the Hanuman Jayanti procession during which trouble broke out on Saturday evening, was being held without permission.

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