This Article is From Dec 19, 2019

12 More Arrests In Connection With Violence In Northeast Delhi

Angry protesters had threw stones at police personnel, torched several motorbikes and vandalised two police booths as well as three buses in Seelampur on Tuesday.

12 More Arrests In Connection With Violence In Northeast Delhi

Citizenship Act Protest: The police had arrested nine people in connection with the violence.

New Delhi:

The Delhi Police made 12 fresh arrests in connection with the violence during protests in the northeast part of the city against the amended Citizenship Act, officials said on Thursday.

The police had arrested nine people on Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with the violence.

Giving details of the arrests, officials said while 12 people were arrested in connection with the violence and vandalism in Seelampur, five have been held for the Jafrabad case and four in the Dayal Pur cases.

Angry protesters demanding scrapping of the amended legislation had threw stones at police personnel, torched several motorbikes and vandalised two police booths as well as three buses in Seelampur on Tuesday, leaving 21 people injured.

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