On Thursday, the death count in the Delhi violence rose to 31 with two more bodies being found inside a drain in Gokulpuri (Gokalpuri) area of North East Delhi while one more death reported at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital.
The two bodies were discovered a day after an Intelligence Bureau staffer was found dead in a drain in Chand Bagh.
The violence led to a lot of mayhem in the capital city with CBSE Class 12 exam on Thursday being postponed in the northeast and parts of east Delhi.
The Delhi police have also conducted a flag march in Maujpur on Thursday morning with heavy deployment in Jaffrabad, Seelampur and Babarpur. Delhi Special Commissioner of Police SN Srivastava took stock of the situation on Wednesday night.
The Delhi fire service said it received 19 calls from the riots affected area since midnight with more than 100 firemen deployed in these areas. However, unlike the last few days, they did not face any resistance while conducting their job.
For the unversed, on Wednesday, there was violence in some areas places with shops set ablaze and the body of an IB staffer found in a drain. Police had conducted flag marches in riot-hit areas with security personnel spread out across the northeastern edge of the national capital in a bid to quell the violence raging since Sunday.
The Delhi Police said it has arrested 106 people for their alleged involvement in the violence and have registered 18 FIRs so far.
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