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Reports of violence in west Delhi are rumours: Delhi police

| @indiablooms | Mar 01, 2020, at 09:56 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Police on Sunday evening cleared the air regarding tensions in west Delhi saying that all such reports were rumours and asked everyone to stay calm.

"A rumor has been noticed that there is some tension in Khyala-Raghubir Nagar area of West District. There is no truth behind it.

All are requested to keep calm as the situation is absolutely normal & peaceful", the police said in a statement.

Senior police officers of the concerned districts including Dwarka and others reached the ground and said that it found nothing on ground.

All metro stations were functional and running smoothly. No any damage or disturbance is reported, the police said.

''All these are rumours, nothing found at ground level. Please don't pay attention to the rumours," the DCP of Dwarka said.

Two groups were gambling in Khayala area and when the police reached they started running and screamed "Danga ho gaya, Danga." (riots have taken place)
Meanwhile, due to the rumour mongering, shopkeepers closed their shops early in adjoining the West district.

Police personnel reached out to the people and clarified the doubts.  

Meanwhile, the death toll in the violence touched 46 on Sunday after three more bodies were recovered from two canals is the clash-hit areas.

According to reports, police recovered two bodies from Bhagirathi Vihar canal and one more from a canal in Gokulpuri area.

Delhi witnessed massive violence over the new citizenship law passed by the Centre last year.

 

 

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