Delhi Riots Death Toll 49 33 Muslims, 15 Non-Muslims, 1 Unidentified Body.

High cost of riots in northeast Delhi: List of 49 people who died during three days of violence

India The Polis Project Mar 02, 2020 16:44:36 IST

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To undertake this task we have triangulated and cross-referenced information across these different sources to arrive at names of people who were felled in this violence

If a name does not appear in at least two different lists published, we have not included it

We have also not included unidentified bodies that have been counted in some of the other enumerations of death tolls

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published by The Polis Project

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We would like to introduce this list by first expressing our deepest condolences to the families of all those who have lost a loved one in the targeted violence that plagued Northeast Delhi between 23 February, 2020 and 29 February, 2020. Violence is never easy to make sense of and it is our hope that people in the affected areas can focus on the ties that bind rather than what divides. That may be the only way to forge ahead in a time of extreme communal strife and polarisation in society.

We also strongly condemn the hate speeches and pronouncements made by Indian leaders that have culminated in these deaths. Leaders of the ruling party are supposed to protect their citizens, not create and enable adverse conditions that lead to their deaths.

Our list of deaths has been compiled from the following sources between 24 February, 2020 and 2 March, 2020. We will be updating this list as new information becomes available. The sources are:

Deaths recorded at hospitals which have been released to the public.

Deaths reported by Firstpost, Indian Express, The Wire, Quint and Print.in.

Deaths reported in other print news stories filed by credible journalists.

To undertake this task we have triangulated and cross-referenced information across these different sources to arrive at names of people who were felled in this violence. If a name does not appear in at least two different lists published, we have not included it. We have also not included unidentified bodies that have been counted in some of the other enumerations of death tolls.

High cost of riots in northeast Delhi: List of 49 people who died during three days of violenceCharred remains of vehicles allegedly set ablaze during Delhi violence. PTI

There is one exception to this – an unidentified 70 year old listed in the Guru Tej Bahadur Hospital list . We have only added those unidentified persons of whom we are reasonably sure, an identification has not been made. This helps us avoid counting the same person twice. So this is essentially a list of confirmed deaths. However, as there is movement in this data everyday with bodies being identified and given names, histories and proper personhood, we are releasing this as data subject to revision as new information emerges.

It is important to remember that these are people with lives, families and identities and that their tragic and violent deaths are directly attributable to increasingly toxic levels of hate-based politics in India.

Mar 02, 2020 16:44:36 IST

1.    Aamir, 30, M

2.    Aftab, 18, M

3.    Akbari, 85, F

4.    Akil Ahmad, 40, M

5.    Amaan, 17, M

6.    Anwar Kassar, 58, M

7.    Arshad, 22, M

8.    Ashfaq Hussain, 22, M

9.    Ayub Shabbir, 60, M

10. Babbu Salmani/Babbu Mohammad 33 M

11. Faizaan, 23, M

12. Hashim, 17, M

13. Ishtiyak Khan, 24, M

14. Mahroof Ali, 30, M

15. Mahrum Ali, 25, M

16. Mehtab, 22, M

17. Mohd. Furqan, 30, M

18. Mohd. Monis, 22, M

19. Mohd. Irfan, 32, M

20. Mohd. Shahbaan, 22, M

21. Mohd. Yusuf, 52, M

22. Mohsin, 22, M

23. Mubarak Hussain, 28, M

24. Muddassir Khan, 35, M

25. Musharaff, 35, M

26. Nazeem Khan, 35, M

27. Parvez Alam, 50, M

28. Salman, 24, M

29. Sayid, 19, M

30. Shahid Alvi, 23, M

31. Shan Mohd., 35, M

32. Suleiman, 22, M

33. Zakhir, 26, M

34. Ankit Sharma, 26, M

35. Atul Gupta, 45, M

36. Bir Bhan Singh/Vir Bhan Singh, 50, M

37. Constable Ratan Lal, 42, M

38. Deepak Kumar, 34, M

39. Dilbar/Dilbur Negi, 20, M

40. Alok Tiwari, 24, M

41. Dinesh Kumar, 35, M

42. Nitin Paswan, 15, M

43. Pravesh, 48, M

44. Prem Singh, 27, M

45. Rahul Solanki, 29, M

46. Rahul Thakur, 22, M

47. Sanjeet Thakur, 32, M

48. Vinod Kumar 50 M

49. Unknown, 70, F (Listed in the Guru Tej Bahadur Hospital list.)

Delhi Riots Death Toll 49

33 Muslims, 15 Non-Muslims, 1 Unidentified Body.

Shaheen Bagh interlocutor blames police for barricades

In affidavit in SC, Shaheen Bagh interlocutor blames police for barricades
Road 13A, which connects Delhi with Noida, has been blocked for the last 68 days by the agitators, led by elderly women, protesting the citizenship act.
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Delhi police remove barricades as the road from Jamia to Noida, shut due to Shaheen Bagh protests, reopened briefly, in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, February 22, 2020.
Delhi police remove barricades as the road from Jamia to Noida, shut due to Shaheen Bagh protests, reopened briefly, in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, February 22, 2020.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)





Wajahat Habibullah, one of the interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court to hold talks with protesters at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, has filed an affidavit on the issue of road blockage, news agency ANI reported on Sunday.

According to Asian News International, Wajahat Habibullah has said in his affidavit the protest in Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act is peaceful.

The former bureaucrat, who is one of three mediators appointed by the top court, also stated the police have blocked five points around Shaheen Bagh, ANI reported.

Road 13A, which connects Delhi with Noida, has been blocked for the last 68 days by the agitators, led by elderly women, protesting the citizenship act.

The blockade has led to massive traffic jams in and around Ashram and parts of south Delhi, with other Noida-Delhi connections, such as the Nizamuddin bridge, also being hit severely.

The Supreme Court had appointed senior lawyers Sanjay Hegde, Sadhna Ramachandran and former chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah as interlocutors on February 17 and asked them to talk to protesters at Shaheen Bagh and convince them to hold the agitation at an alternative site.

They have, so far, held four round of talks with the Shaheen Bagh protesters on their blockade of the road since February 19.


On Saturday, the protesters in Shaheen Bagh presented the interlocutors with a set of fresh demands, saying they want the top court to guarantee their safety before one carriageway on Road 13A is opened up.

They also asked that the police withdraw cases filed against residents of Jamia Nagar for protests against the citizenship act on December 15 last year.

Sadhana Ramachandran and Sanjay Hegde are likely to submit their report to the Supreme Court on Monday, when the court will resume its hearing on the matter.


The top court had called for a “balance” last Monday and said that while people had the right to protest in a democracy, they should not be blocking roads, otherwise it would lead to chaos.

The protests at Shaheen Bagh, which began on December 15, have blocked one of the main connections between Delhi and satellite city Noida, causing problems for thousands of commuters.

They are protesting a law that fast-tracks Indian citizenship for persecuted non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.


Protesters allege the law is discriminatory to Muslims and fear it will be used along with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to take away citizenship from some members of the minority community.

The government has, however, said such perceptions of the law were untrue and result of a motivated campaign. It has also said CAA will not be repealed and ruled any nationwide NRC in the near future.

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(a) to freedom of speech and expression;
(b) to assemble peaceably and without arms;
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We are here to change Constitution: Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's remark rocks Parliament

We are here to change Constitution: Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's remark rocks Parliament
The Congress has asked if PM Narendra Modi would break his silence on Hegde's remarks as the minister had openly spoken about changing the Constitution.
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Hegde, last week, had said that BJP government intends to change the Constitution during an event.
His controversial remark backfired and caused him to face a lot of flak from opposition parties.
Congress' Leader of Opposition even went on to say he has no right to be Member of Parliament.
Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's controversial remarks that the ruling BJP government intends to change the Constitution rocked Parliament today, with the Opposition demanding action against him in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha saw the Congress asking how a person who questions the Constitution is being allowed to continue as a Member of Parliament. "If a person has no belief in the Constitution, he has no right to be a Member of Parliament," Congress's Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said.

In response, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel said the government has "full faith" in the Indian constitution, and that it does not agree with the statement given by Anant Hegde.

As the ruckus grew over the remarks made by the Union minister for skill development and entrepreneurship, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha had to be adjourned till 2 pm.

At an event in Kukanur town in Karnataka's Koppal district last week, Hegde, 49, had said he respects the Constitution, but "it will be changed in the days to come". "We are here for that and that is why we have come," the five-time Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka had said.

In the same speech, Hegde had also kicked up another controversy when he mocked at the "secularists" with his remark that they are unware of their parentage.

"I feel happy because he (the person) knows about his blood, but I don't know what to call those who claim themselves secular. Those who, without knowing about their parental blood, call themselves secular, they don't have their own identity... They don't know about their parentage, but they are intellectuals," he said at an event organised by the Brahman Yuva Parishad.

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Anant Kumar Hegde has "clearly not studied the Constitution, does not know parliamentary or political language," and must know that "each and every individual in this country is an Indian, And every religion has equal right and opportunity."
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Anant Kumar Hegde Hegde, known for making controversial comments, has been in a series of rows.


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Koppal, Karnataka: Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde is in the centre of another controversy after he said that his party, the ruling BJP, will "soon change the Constitution," which mentions the word "secular." He was attacking what he called a "new fad where people project themselves as secular."

The 49-year-old minister was speaking at a function in Kukanur of Koppal district in the state when he urged people to "claim with pride that they are Muslim, Christian, Lingayat, Brahmin, or a Hindu," adding, "Those who, without knowing about their parental blood, call themselves secular, they don't have their own identity...They don't know about their parentage, but they are intellectuals."

He also said, "Some people say the Constitution says secular and you must accept it. We will respect the Constitution, but the Constitution has changed several times and it will change in the future too. We are here to change the Constitution and we'll change it."

The Karnataka Congress has asked if the BJP endorses its minister's views and suggested that if so, the party must face assembly elections in the state next year "on this agenda." Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Mr Hegde has "clearly not studied the Constitution, does not know parliamentary or political language," and must know that "each and every individual in this country is an Indian, And every religion has equal right and opportunity."

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Anant Kumar Hegde is a five-time Lok Sabha member from Uttara Kannada, who was made a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet reshuffle in August this year as part of the BJP's strategy to boost representation from states where elections will be held soon. The party hopes to wrest Karnataka back after losing the only southern state it has ruled to the Congress in 2013.

Mr Hegde, known for making controversial comments, has been in a series of rows since he was inducted as minister for skill development and entrepreneurship. A case was registered against him earlier this month for allegedly abusing Mr Siddaramaiah at Kittur in Belagavi district.

No minority in Bengal will lose citizenship due to CAA: Amit Shah

No minority in Bengal will lose citizenship due to CAA: Amit Shah
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded during a rally at Shaheed Minar Ground in Kolkata on March 1, 2020.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded during a rally at Shaheed Minar Ground in Kolkata on March 1, 2020.   | Photo Credit: PTI

Mr. Shah also claimed that the BJP will form next government in West Bengal with two-thirds majority.
Kolkata witnessed hectic political activity on March 1, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah assuring a public rally that “no minority will have to leave” the country owing to the new Citizenship Act, while a march of BJP supporters set off shockwaves as they raised the party’s incendiary “Goli Maaro...” (Shoot the Traitors) slogan in the heart of the city.

Speaking at a public rally at the Sahid Minar grounds, Mr. Shah emphasised that a fear is being spread among sections of the population over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, and added that “no minority from Kolkata or West Bengal will lose citizenship because of the CAA”.

The Minister reiterated that the CAA is a law to give citizenship, not to take it away. “The refugees are being made to fear that they will have to produce documents. Nothing of this sort will happen. Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist and Jains do not need any documents,” he said.

He added that by opposing a law passed in Parliament, Ms. Banerjee was disrespecting the founding fathers of the Constitution. 

Speaking at public rally at Sahid Minar grounds in Kolkata, Mr. Shah said that CAA is a law to give citizenship not take away citizenship.

Also read: Sporadic protests in Kolkata as Amit Shah addresses rally

“In 2014, the BJP got only 87 lakh votes. In 2019, you showered your love and supported us. We got 2.30 crore votes. Our march forward will continue,” the BJP leader said. 

Mr. Shah also launched a new campaign targeted at the alleged “misrule” of the Trinamool Congress government. The campaign titled ‘Aar Noy Anyay’ (No more injustice) is aimed at countering the Trinamool’s ‘Didi ke Bolo’ (Tell Didi) campaign launched last year.

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New campaign
Mr. Shah also launched a new campaign targeted at the alleged “misrule” of the Trinamool Congress government. The campaign titled ‘Aar Noy Anyay’ (No more injustice) is aimed at countering the Trinamool’s ‘Didi ke Bolo’ (Tell Didi) campaign launched last year.

Also read: Left, Congress criticise Mamata for meeting Amit Shah

CPI(M) blames Mamata 
The provocative slogans at the BJP rally, held before Mr Shah’s public meeting, sparked a storm of condemnation from parties across the political spectrum, including the Trinamool Congress , the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress.

The CPI(M) also blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the incident and called for “a march” of all democratic forces on Monday. 

CPI-M’s leader of the Left parties in the Assembly Sujan Chakravarty, said, “The slogan has now been imported to Bengal, courtesy Mamata Banerjee. We don't have the government of Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Shah could easily introduce the slogan.” 

Demanding the arrest of BJP supporters participating the rally, CPI(M) leader Md. Salim appealed to “all democratic forces” to join Monday’s rally against the BJP.

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee tweeted that “rather than coming and preaching in Bengal”, Mr. Shah “should have explained and apologised for failing to save more than 50 innocent lives in Delhi.”

Kolkata witnessed sporadic protests through the day against Mr. Shah’s visit. In Chittaranjan Avenue, close to the BJP’s rally venue of Shahid Minar, CPI (M) and the Congress supporters were involved in a scuffle with the police as they waved black flags and held up placards and posters reading “Go Back Shah”. Both parties and a coalition of more than 10 parties will participate in Monday’s march.

Pro-active security strategy
Earlier in the day at the inauguration of a facility of the National Security Guard (NSG) in Kolkata, Mr. Shah said the Narendra Modi government has adopted a “pro-active security strategy with zero tolerance of terrorism”.

“India is now held in respect across the world as far as security is concerned. The world has realised that India has the ability to avenge the blood of its jawans by venturing into the home of the enemy,” Mr. Shah said, referring to the surgical and air strikes.

People who want to divide country and disrupt peace must fear NSG, says Amit Shah

People who want to divide country and disrupt peace must fear NSG, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that people who want to create a "divide" in the country and "disrupt peace" must fear the National Security Guard (NSG).
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Without naming anyone, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that people who want to create a "divide" in the country and "disrupt peace" must fear the National Security Guard (NSG).

"We want peace in the entire world. In our history of 10,000 years, India has never attacked anyone. We would not allow anyone to disrupt our peace. And anyone who takes the lives of soldiers will have to pay dearly. People who want to divide the nation and disrupt its peace, they should fear the presence of NSG. If they still come, it is the responsibility of the NSG to fight them and defeat them," he said at the inaugural function of 29 Special Composite Group complex of National Security Guard (NSG) in Rajarhat.

"Under Prime Minister Modi, we are following the policy of zero-tolerance against terrorism and NSG takes the leading role in delivering upon it. After PM Modi came to power, a distinct differentiation has been made between India's defence and foreign policy, which wasn't like this in the past," he added.

The Home Minister also exuded confidence that the Centre will meet the expectations of its security organisations and added that "wars are won by the bravery and not equipment."

"Under the leadership of Modi ji, the government of India will definitely fulfill all the expectations that NSG has. We will try to fulfill it within a period of five years. We can provide you good accommodation, the government can take care of the needs of your families, we can provide you with modern equipment and technology, but wars are won by the bravery and not equipment," he added.

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"This bravery wins wars, pieces of equipment just play a role. Equipment and technology can never replace this bravery."

Talking about the expansion of the NSG, the Union Home Minister said, "The nation decided to expand the network of NSG after the Mumbai attacks. NSG has finely proven its presence in the entire country gradually. After today's inauguration, the coordination will only get better."

People have right to protest but there must be balancing factor, says SC

While no human rights instrument or national constitution grants the absolute right to protest, such a right to protest may be a manifestation of the right to freedom of assembly, the right to freedom of association, and the right to freedom of speech

Shaheen Bagh: People have right to protest but there must be balancing factor, says SC


Hearing pleas over the road blocks due to the ongoing protests at Shaheen Bagh against the CAA, a bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said its concern is about what will happen if people start protesting on roads. Democracy works on expressing views but there are lines and boundaries for it, it said.

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The Supreme Court said on Monday that people have a fundamental right to protest against a law but the blocking of public roads is a matter of concern and there has to be a balancing factor.

Hearing pleas over the road blocks due to the ongoing protests at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said its concern is about what will happen if people start protesting on roads.

Democracy works on expressing views but there are lines and boundaries for it, the bench said.

It asked senior advocate Sanjay Hegde and advocate Sadhana Ramachandran to talk to Shaheen Bagh protestors and persuade them to move to an alternative site where no public place is blocked.

The matter has been posted for next hearing on February 24.

People have a fundamental right to protest but the thing which is troubling us is the blocking of public roads, the bench said.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Shaheen Bagh protestors should not be given a message that every institution is on its knees trying to persuade them on this issue.

The apex court said that if nothing works, we will leave it to the authorities to deal with the situation.

Protestors have made their made their point and the protests have gone on for quite some time, it said.

Restrictions have been imposed on the Kalindi Kunj- Shaheen Bagh stretch and the Okhla underpass, which were closed on December 15 last year due to the protests against CAA and Register of Citizens.

The top court had earlier said the anti-CAA protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh cannot block public roads and create inconvenience for others.

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by advocate Amit Sahni, who had approached the Delhi high court seeking directions to the Delhi Police to ensure smooth traffic flow on the Kalindi Kunj- Shaheen Bagh stretch, which was blocked by anti-CAA protesters on December 15.

While dealing with Sahni's plea, the high court had asked local authorities to deal with the situation keeping in mind law and order.

Separately, former BJP MLA Nand Kishore Garg has filed a petition in the apex court seeking directions to the authorities to remove the protestors from Shaheen Bagh.

One of the pleas has sought laying down of comprehensive and exhaustive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for holding protests or agitations leading to obstruction of public place.

In his plea, Garg has said that law enforcement machinery was being "held hostage to the whims and fancies of the protesters" who have blocked vehicular and pedestrian movement from the road connecting Delhi to Noida.

State has the duty to protect fundamental rights of citizen who were continuously being harassed by the blockage of arterial road, it said.

"It is disappointing that the state machinery is muted and a silent spectator to hooliganism and vandalism of the protesters who are threatening the existential efficacy of the democracy and the rule of law and had already taken the law and order situation in their own hand," the plea had said.

In his appeal, Sahni had sought supervision of the situation in Shaheen Bagh, where several women are sitting on protest, by a retired Supreme Court judge or a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court.

Sahni has said in his plea that protests in Shaheen Bagh has inspired similar demonstrations in other cities and to allow it to continue would set a wrong precedent.