WEB DESK
A shoot-at-sight order has been issued in some areas of North East Delhi as violence continued in the area.
The orders to shoot the rioters on sight have been issued in North East Delhi district where violence cut a swathe through several localities, including Chand Bagh and Bhajanpura, with stones and other missiles hurled and shops set ablaze.
At least 11 people, according to agency report, have been killed and over 180 injured as fresh violence tore through North East Delhi over the amended citizenship law. In view of the continued violence in the city, curfew has been imposed in four violence-hit areas — Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Chand Bagh, and Karawal Nagar — of Delhi.
Meanwhile, in view of the violence, the district administration in Ghaziabad has sealed three borders adjoining North East Delhi and shut down bars and pubs in Ghaziabad. Traffic movement from Shahdara towards Apsara border has been closed after barricading by UP police. Traffic has been diverted towards Surya Nagar.