Jat stir: No violence reported in capital
Protest organised near Singhu border
No violence was reported in the city till late on Monday evening, the first day of the fresh stir launched by Jat leaders in Haryana over quotas and prohibitory orders remained imposed in several parts of the city.
Over 100 checkposts were set up in areas adjoining to districts of Haryana and the police barricaded some road stretches near Singhu Border on Nangloi-Bahadurgarh Road and Karnal Road, senior officials said.
Riot control teams have also been deployed in northwest and southwest Delhi. The police is taking no chances after the first round of protests turned violent in February in these parts of the city.
On Sunday, the Delhi police had imposed CrPC Section 144 ( prohibitory orders against unlawful assembly) in the bordering districts of Delhi and other parts of city, which are likely to witness protests in connection with the Jat quota demand.
Around 11 am on Monday, a small group of Jat protesters reached near Singhu Border, following which senior officials, including the DCP and joint commissioner of the range, rushed to the spot and the situation was brought under control, the officials said.
Most of the areas, in which prohibitory orders were imposed, are either located in the border areas near Haryana or inhabited by large number of people belonging to the Jat community.
The prohibitory orders have been implemented in 18 police sub- divisions of Dwarka and Najafgarh in southwest Delhi; Alipur and Bawana in outer Delhi; Mehrauli and Vasant Vihar sub- division in South Delhi; Sarita Vihar and Ambedkar Nagar sub- division in Southeast Delhi; Gokalpuri, Seemapuri and Khajuri Khas in northeast Delhi; Madhu Vihar and Kalyanpuri sub- division in east Delhi; Mukherjee Nagar in northwest Delhi and the whole of north Delhi, the police said.
These 18 sub- divisions have over 54 police stations under their jurisdiction.