Section 144 Imposed in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh

Section 144 was enforced by the Delhi Police on Sunday morning banning the assembly of groups of people and deploying security forces in the Shaheen Bagh region of Delhi, where hundreds of women have been leading a protest against the latest citizenship law since December.

Twelve companies were mobilized there, including two of the female units, and 100 officers were also mobilized each from four police districts, an official told News18.

After police intervention, the Hindu Sena on Saturday called off a protest it was going calling for the Shaheen Bagh demonstration site to be cleared. The police said the prohibitions were placed on Sunday as a “precautionary measure.”

Last Sunday, chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kapil Mishra asked the police to clear sites of CAA demonstrations or claimed that he and his followers should do so. Hours after this, riots broke out, but there is no proof to connect the fighting to Mishra's remarks.

Throughout the protests that occurred between proponents and critics of the Citizenship Amendment Act, at least 42 people were killed and more than 200 wounded.

On Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal conducted a summary meeting with subdivisional magistrates to take stock of the violence-hit areas relief operations. Kejriwal assured reporters that officials in the Delhi government are trying to restore normalcy.

“The SDMs will ensure that compensation forms are provided to victim’s households so that they can fill it up,” he added. “We have also been distributing food among the riot-affected people. There is no shortage of food.”

The police continued to patrol the areas in North East Delhi on Sunday and a heavy deployment of security personnel was seen across the district.