One held for Mukherjee Nagar riots

school earlier. He would have gone to the new school today,” said Harun, a tailor at a retail store in Chhatarpur.

Harun and his wife Salma Khatoon came to Delhi from Samastipur, Bihar, six years ago. “We buried him a little while ago. Maybe if people had rescued him 15 minutes earlier, he would have been alive,” Khatoon said.

Meanwhile, children continued to play near the open drain on Friday — with no boundary wall or metal wires to keep them safe. Pratham, a street vendor in the area, cautioned: “Do not go near the drain. A boy died there yesterday after he slipped and fell inside.” DELHI POLICE have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly creating a ruckus and attacking police personnel in connection with a rioting incident in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on New Year’s Eve, which took place a few minutes after the alleged molestation of a woman.

The alleged incident, captured on CCTV and mobile phones, purportedly shows two men pulling a woman off a motorbike and molesting her. Afterwards, policemen who tried to stop the assault are attacked by the two men and several others. The incident took place at 11.20 pm on December 31.

Sources said police have detained several persons on the basis of the footage.

“A team led by DCP (northwest) Milind Dumbre thoroughly questioned them and, after finding crucial evidence, they have arrested the accused, identified as Neeraj. He distributes pamphlets for a private coaching centre and has been living in a rented accommodation in north Delhi for the past two years,” a police officer said.