Published On: 02/03/2020 – 7:55 PM
WEB DESK
Delhi Police have arrested 22 people for allegedly spreading rumours on Sunday about violence erupting in parts of southeast or west Delhi.
Rumours were promptly shut down by police.
Panic-stricken residents shut themselves inside homes; the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had also shut down gates of some stations which were later reopened. The rumours surfaced on social media days after four-days of relentless violence that claimed the lives of 46 people and left hundreds injured in Delhi’s northeast.
A whopping 1880 panic-stricken calls were made to the Delhi Police on Sunday evening. Most calls came in from West and southeast Delhi while, interestingly, only 2 calls were made from northeast Delhi.