Alleging police inaction in the murder of a 27-year-old man on Monday, dozens of his relatives and neighbours went on a rampage in south-east Delhi’s Badarpur on Wednesday morning.
The agitators arrived with the victim’s body to block the traffic at the Jaitpur Crossing on the Mathura Road before damaging vehicles and pelting stones at buses.
At least nine DTC and cluster buses were damaged in the incident and around half-a-dozen persons sustained minor injuries. Police at the spot said none of the protesters reported for a medico-legal case (MLC) for fear of being identified as the rioters.
The demonstration also led to disruption in traffic for several hours on the busy road. “A case of rioting has been registered and we have detained some persons in this connection. We are also studying the CCTV footage to identify other rioters,” said a senior police officer.
The murder had taken place around 11 p.m. on Monday in a Badarpur locality. The victim, who ran a cable business, had asked some drunken youths creating ruckus outside his home to leave.
Threatening him with dire consequences, they left the spot only to return sometime later and stab him to death. Police said they had held some persons in this connection, but the victim’s relatives alleged police were not doing enough.
Around 8.30 am, over a 100 people gathered on the Badarpur-Mathura Road with the body and demanded that all the suspects be nabbed. Initially few in number, police there summoned reinforcements, which arrived to take control of the situation.
