Delhi Cop Stands Idle as Protesters Gather Stones for Pelting in Burning Capital

New Delhi, February 25, 2020:

Amid escalating riots in New Delhi over the BJP-led Government's amendment of the Citizenship Act, the New Delhi police force has found itself in the line of attack for miserably failing to control the violent unrest.

Now, a stunning visual has emerged from Chand Bagh in which a Delhi cop, evidently deployed to keep the peace in the area, appears to egg on protesters to collect stones.

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The footage, that is being spread across social media platforms, was shot from above and the Delhi cop barely twitches a muscle to stop protesters as they gather bricks and stones to hurt people with. Instead, the cop can be seen gesturing to the collectors with a stick, seemingly orchestrating their actions.

The unknown person who shot the video footage can be heard murmuring that the police is, in fact, distributing the stones that are being used as weapons, and thereby inciting the riots.

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Yesterday, riots took place in the northeastern part of Delhi where pro-CAA and anti-CAA protesters clashed and used stones and bricks to attack each other. Notably, United States President Donald J Trump had arrived in Delhi to address Indians in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, Gujarat.

Seven people, including a head constable, have been killed so far in the violent protests carried out in Jaffrabad, Maujpur and Bhajanpura areas of northeast Delhi.

Section 144 have been imposed in most parts of north east Delhi following the violent protests that began with the CAA supporters and CAA protesters hurling stones at each other on Monday. Vehicles and shops were also set on fire.

The situation in the national capital has become so tense that the schools and colleges have been declared shut for the next 24 hours.

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