20200224 Northeast Delhi violence: Mob sets tyre market on fire in Gokulpuri area
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Northeast Delhi violence: Mob sets tyre market on fire in Gokulpuri area
Updated: 2020–02–25
NEW DELHI: A mob set a tyre market on fire in Gokulpuri area on Monday night during violence over amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi, an official said.
A call about the massive blaze was received around 8.30pm, following which 15 fire tenders were sent, the fire department official said.
Several shops were gutted in the fire, the official said, adding that it was brought under control by 11.40pm and the cooling process was underway.
A head constable was among the four people killed and at least 50 were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi, turning it into a battlefield on Monday with frenzied protesters torching houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump, and hurling stones.
Web Source: The times of India