New Delhi: Mob sets mosque on fire, places hanuman flag on minaret
Miscreants also looted shops within and around the mosque's compound
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) - A mosque was set on fire on Tuesday. A mob shouting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Hinduon ka Hindustan” paraded around the burning mosque, and a Hanuman flag was placed on the minaret of the mosque.
Miscreants also looted shops within and around the compound of mosque. According to residents, the people looting the shops were not from the locality. Police personnel could not be seen in the locality. Residents alleged that police had removed members of the Muslim community from the locality.
At least seven people were killed and around 150 were injured in clashes between opposing groups in Delhi, a police official told Reuters on Tuesday, the deadliest riots in the city since protests against a new citizenship law began over two months ago.
