ABVP students take out peace march against Delhi violence

Students took out a peace march along with local residents from Jantar Mantar to Delhi police Head office in Ashoka road. They marched carrying out cutouts of Constable Ratan Lal and IB officer Ankit Sharma along with the flag.

New Delhi: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) along with JNU, Delhi University students and local residents took out a peace march from Jantar Mantar to Delhi police head office in Ashoka Road on Thursday.

The march commenced around 6:40 in the evening to pay homage to constable Ratan Lal and IB officer Ankit Sharma.

They marched carrying out cutouts of Constable Ratan Lal and IB officer Ankit Sharma along with the flag.

BJP politician Kapil Mishra, accused of making hate speech before communal violence unfolded in northeast Delhi this week was also the part of the peace march.

At least 38 people have lost their lives and more than 200 injured in the violence that unfolded in Maujpur, Jafrabad, Babarpur, Yamuna Vihar, Shiv Vihar, Bhajanpura, Chand Bagh, Ghonda, among other areas in northeast Delhi from Sunday.

A bench of Delhi High Court headed by Justice S Muralidhar had on Wednesday expressed "anguish" over Delhi Police's failure to register FIRs against alleged hate speeches by BJP leaders -- Parvesh Verma, Mishra and Anurag Thakur.