New DelhiIn relation to the stone-throwing incident at Turkman Gate on Wednesday, Delhi Police detained six additional suspects on Thursday. So far, 11 suspects have been taken into custody. YouTuber Salman will receive a notice from the police asking him to question someone who is alleged to have incited stone-throwing during the demolition drive.
A day after violent altercations broke out during an anti-encroachment operation, a demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque at Turkman Gate in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan neighborhood resumed earlier in the day. Following a social media post claiming that the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque was being demolished, violence broke out on the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Five suspects in the stone-throwing incident were previously taken into custody by the police. On the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday, a protest broke out, and police used tear gas and mild force to put an end to it. They arrested five people, including a minor, and detained ten to fifteen others.
According to police sources, a social media post alleging that the mosque was being demolished during the anti-encroachment campaign sparked the unrest. According to the sources, a number of people gathered there shortly after, and some of them threw stones and glass bottles at the MCD employees and the police.
At Turkman Gate, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was conducting a demolition drive on land adjacent to the mosque and a nearby graveyard at the order of the Delhi High Court. MCD Deputy Commissioner Vivek Kumar stated that no harm was done to the mosque but that some commercial buildings, such as a banquet hall and a diagnostic center, were destroyed during the drive.
According to the police, between 100 and 150 people gathered at the location when the drive started. After being convinced, the majority of them left, but some caused a commotion and started throwing stones, injuring five police officers.
According to the police, they are investigating whether the violence was unplanned or an attempt to sabotage the drive. Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd, according to a statement from the Delhi Police, and then things were brought under control and normalcy was restored.
The land's owner, MCD, planned the demolition for the intervening night of January 6 and 7, according to Additional Commissioner of Police (Central) Nidhin Valsan. They had requested the use of force to uphold law and order and had previously notified the police about the planned drive.
Mohd Arib (25), Mohd Kaif (23), Mohd Kashif (25), Mohd Hamid (30), and a 17-year-old boy are the five individuals detained in this case.According to the police, CCTV footage and videos that are making the rounds on social media are being examined to determine who else is involved.