Train set afire, 12 places hit across Delhi
Within 13 minutes of the verdict against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the police control room in Delhi received the first call about violence allegedly perpetrated by devotees of the selfstyled godman.
The caller told the police that about 150 followers of the Dera chief were setting fire to two DTC buses in Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi.
Over the course of the next two hours, Dera-related violence was reported from 11 other areas — Anand Vihar, Jyoti Nagar, Harsh Vihar, Khayala, Badarpur, Bhajanpura, Samaypur Badli, Mehrauli, Manglapuri, GT-Karnal Road and Bawana — covering the length and breadth of the city (see map).
However, no casualties or serious injuries were reported from any of the places.
The Delhi police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CRPC across 11 of the city’s 13 police districts. Section 144 bars “unlawful assembly” or the gathering of more than four people at a public place.
“Except the north and central districts, the prohibitory restriction has been imposed across the city till further orders,” Delhi Police spokesman Madhur Verma said.
Other precautionary measures include the Delhi division of Northern Railways cancelling all trains from Delhi to Rohtak in Haryana and the Delhi Transport Corporation stopping bus operations to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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