Muharram violence: Delhi Police register 3 cases after unruly crowd clashed, pelted stones in Nangloi

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The Delhi Police on Sunday said it has registered three cases after an unruly crowd taking part in Saturday's Muharram processions clashed with police and pelted them with stones in west Delhi's Nangloi. Twelve people, including six police personnel, were injured while public property was damaged in the clashes. The police on Saturday said, “Several ‘tazia’ processions were being carried out in the Nangloi area and around eight to 10 thousand people participated in those.

One or two organisers on the main Rohtak Road became unruly and tried to deviate from the route that was mutually decided in the coordination meeting with the ‘taziadaran’." The first FIR was registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act at Nangloi police station on the complaint of Nangloi SHO Prabhu Dayal. The incident in this case occurred at Surajmal Stadium, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Harendra Singh said. The second FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Nanag Ram, the law and order inspector at Nangloi police station, for an incident at Nangloi Chowk, Singh said.

The third FIR was registered on the complaint of Mukesh Kumar, a head constable, for an incident near the metro station at Nangloi. All three cases were registered on Sunday, Harendra Singh added. In the first FIR, Dayal said several 'tazia' processions were scheduled in Nangloi on Saturday.

There were meetings conducted with the organisers regarding the route and other issues. Apart from Nangloi police station of the Outer district, meetings were held with Prem Nagar and Aman Vihar police stations in Rohini district. It was decided that the processions would proceed towards Surajmal Stadium via the