Delhi police chief visits cop injured in Jahangirpuri violence, assures him all help

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police chief Rakesh Asthana visited sub-inspector Meda Lal, who was injured in the course of the communal violence in Jahangirpuri, and warranted him the division would supply him all help, officers stated Monday.

The police commissioner enquired about Lal’s wellbeing and informed him that all the drive is happy with his braveness and sense of responsibility which helped in rapidly controlling the unruly mob, in line with an announcement. “He assured him of all possible support and assistance from the department during these testing times,” it stated.

Lal obtained a gunshot damage throughout clashes that broke out between two communities when a Hanuman Jayanti procession was passing by means of localities in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Saturday. Seven different police personnel and a neighborhood resident have been injured within the violence.

The Delhi Police has arrested 21 folks, together with the one that allegedly fired a bullet that hit the sub-inspector, and the “main conspirators” behind the clashes. Two juveniles have additionally been apprehended in reference to the incident.