NEW DELHI (August 15, 2013)— Communal Clash in Tilak Vihar, New Delhi. Reports indicate incident took place outside of a police post 80 Gajj Colony in Tilak Nagar. 500 policemen were brought in to control the situation, who then opened fire resulting in 8 shooting victims(Sikhs) and 22 being injured from the communal clash. Victims are being treated at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where the condition of one person who received a bullet in the stomach, others being in serious condition and two policemen was said to be serious. Sunny Singh, who was admitted to DDU Hospital with gunshots, said: “I was hit by a bullet in the police firing when I was running to save myself. People were pelting stones”. Mohar Singh and Raghunath were also admitted with bullet injuries. Other locals at the hospital also alleged that police opened fire. Locals said the violence started as a verbal spat between a biker and a passerby but it soon turned nasty after their supporters started pelting stones at each other. When police intervened, the fight became a full-scale riot in which about a dozen police and private vehicles were set on fire. Another group of witnesses said the fight snowballed from an argument between children flying kites on Independence Day. Police, however, said the fight started when members of one community pulled up three stunt bikers from the other. Soon after the fight started, police along with paramilitary forces reached the spot and cordoned it off. Media persons and passersby were stopped 2km away to prevent a flare-up. The clashes peaked around 4.30pm, briefly forcing the cops to take cover from the shower of stones. Police then charged the mob with lathis and started lobbing tear gas shells. Reinforcements from specialized units—AATS, special staff and the reserve police—also arrived. A few rounds were fired in the air and then the rioters began to disperse. After two hours of extensive riot control measures, the situation was brought under control around 7.30pm.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:04:54 +0000
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