Amit Shah reviews law and order situation in Delhi

Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed law and order situation in
Delhi and appealed people not to believe in rumours. He said, Delhi Police is
mandated and obligated to provide security to all sections of society
irrespective of caste and religion.

The Home Minister held a review meeting yesterday to take
stock of prevailing law and order situation in Delhi, in view of recent
violence affecting the North-East District. The meeting was attended by Home
Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and
Special Commissioner of Police, Law, and Order, SN Shrivastava.

The Home Ministry said, no major incident has been reported
in the last 36 hours in any police station of North-East Delhi. Prohibitory
orders under Section 144 will be relaxed for a total of 10 hours today in view
of the improvement of the situation. Home Ministry said so far, 48 FIRs,
pertaining to clashes, loss of lives and property etc have already been
registered. Police has detained or arrested 514 suspects for questioning so
far.

The Ministry said that 35 persons have lost their lives in
these tragic incidents since February 24. Two Security personnel sacrificed
their lives in the line of duty and nearly 70 Police personnel and senior
officers have been injured. Home Ministry said that nearly 7,000 Central
Para-Military Forces have been deployed in the affected areas.

Delhi Police has set up helpline numbers 22829334 and 22829335
– for round-the-clock assistance. As a confidence-building measure Delhi Police
has started holding Peace Committee Meetings to normalise situation and improve
inter-community harmony.