As violence continued into a third day in North East districts of Delhi, with the death toll rising, police personnel were seen announcing “shoot at sight” orders in the area. A curfew was imposed upon four violence-hit areas – Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Chand Bagh, and Karawal Nagar.
After some confusion over reports of withdrawal of a shoot-on-sight order, news agency ANI issued a correction saying that the order was, in fact, in place.
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