6 detained for shouting controversial slogans at Delhi's Rajeev Chowk metro station

Six boys were detained at Rajiv Chowk metro rail station in New Delhi for raising the controversial slogan. The investigation is being carried out.

New Delhi: Six boys were on Saturday detained for shouting controversial slogans at Rajiv Chowk metro rail station here. The police are questioning the boys.

"Today around 12:30 pm, six boys were found shouting controversial slogans at Rajiv Chowk Metro station. We have detained them at Rajiv Chowk Metro Police Station and interrogation is being carried out," Deputy Commissioner of Police, Metro, said.

This comes in the backdrop of violence that erupted in parts of north-east Delhi on Sunday. At least 42 people have died and more than 200 people have sustained serious injuries in the communal violence that continued for four days.

Two Special Investigation Teams (SIT) have been constituted under the Delhi Police's Crime Branch to investigate the violence.

(ANI REPORT)