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Jahangirpuri violence: Jamiat delegation meets police, expresses concern over arrest of 'innocent people'
•As part of an anti-encroachment drive, several concrete structures in Jahangirpuri were brought down last month by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation, days after the area was rocked by communal violence
Jahangirpuri violence: Key accused arrested from his aunt's house in West Bengal
•Farid alias Neetu was very actively involved in the communal riots and played a major role, Delhi Police sources said
Jahangirpuri violence: Two more held in connection with communal clashes
•The two accused have been identified as Jaffar (34) and Babuddin alias Babu (43), both residents of Jahangirpuri
Jahangirpuri violence: Days after violence, Hindus, Muslims take out 'tiranga yatra'
•People from both the communities appealed for peace and harmony in the region as they waved the National Flag
Jahangirpuri violence: Accused Sonu was planning to flee Delhi to evade arrest
•According to the Delhi Police, Sonu was caught near his house when he came to collect money from someone so that he could use that money to flee
Jahangirpuri violence: Delhi Police to conduct 'bone test' to determine age of accused
•This comes after parents of one of the accused arrested in the matter moved the Delhi High Court claiming that their child was a minor
Anger, dissatisfaction among violence-hit Jahangirpuri residents ahead of Eid
•'This Eid is not the same. I wanted to buy clothes for children which I cannot do now. It is not feeling like a festival. Our livelihood is destroyed,' said Akbar, who lives in a one-room set with his family.
Will intensify 'anti-encroachment' drives, say Delhi mayors
•South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations have said that regular meetings to identify encroachment sites and to conduct anti-encroachment drives are being held in both the municipalities
Jahangirpuri violence: Situation peaceful, political leaders not allowed near mosque, says Special CP
•Normalcy will return in Jahangirpuri area of Delhi in the next 24 to 36 hours, said Special Commissioner of Police Dependra Pathak
SC extends stay on demolition in Jahangirpuri; neighbourhood on edge amid political row
•A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai issued notices to the Centre and others on the plea filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind that claimed buildings of Muslims accused in Saturday's riots were razed