ISLAMABAD – At least seven people were killed and around 150 were injuredin clashes between opposing groups in the Indian capital, a police officialtold *Reuters* on Tuesday, the deadliest riots in the city since protestsagainst a new citizenship law began over two months ago.
“Seven persons, including one head constable of Delhi police, have died,”said a police officer Anil Mittal, adding that around 150 persons wereinjured in the violence on Monday.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi metfor talkslinkonTuesday at a venue located a few miles away from where the clashes occurred.
According to *The Wire*, stone-pelting and arson have continued in theGhonda area, close to Maujpur.
Across the locality, *The Wire* saw broken and burnt vehicles, burnt shopsand vehicles still on fire. There were some police standing at the edge ofthe Hindu-majority area, but did not intervene when vehicles were burning,the publication said.
Eyewitnesses said the violence continued overnight, and several shops werebroken. “There was stone pelting in the area early this morning also,” aresident was quoted as saying.
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The clashes erupted in a northeastern district of the city betweenthousands of people demonstrating for and against the new citizenship law.
Tensions in parts of the city remained high on Tuesday with schoolsremaining shut in some areas amid news reports of fresh clashes. At leastfive metro stations in the city were closed.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted that schools in the capital’snortheast would be shut on Tuesday and exams postponed.
