Just 10km from PMO-Home Ministry, Delhi burns in riots.

Twenty people, including a Delhi Police head constable, have died so far in the riots that broke out on Monday in Maujpur and Jafrabad areas of Delhi’s North East district. Nearly 150 were wounded and property--cars, homes, shops and a petrol pump--were set on fire amid heavy stone-pelting and violence that was unleashed on the streets of India’s national capital.

In the past two-and-a-half-months since Parliament passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Delhi has seen frequent protests, many of which turned violent. On at least three occasions, firing using illegal country-made weapons took place.

The latest such firing incident occurred on Monday in Jafrabad when a man reportedly fired eight rounds amid heavy stone-pelting.

On January 30, a youth opened fire in Jamia Nagar when students of Jamia Millia Islamia University were marching towards Raj Ghat to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. One student was injured in this firing.

Both these firing incidents--in Jafrabad and Jamia Nagar--happened despite police presence in the area.

Apart from Jafrabad, Maujpur and Jamia Nagar, widespread violence was also unleashed inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on January 5 when a riotous mob of masked people armed with sticks, iron rods and stones barged into students’ hostels and attacked them.