Jahangirpuri Violence: Amit Shah talks to Delhi Police Commissioner, asks him to ensure strict action

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asked Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana to take strict action over Jahangirpuri violence in which police have formed teams for a thorough probe.

Amit Shah spoke with Asthana after a report was presented to him by senior Delhi Police officials on the April 16 incident in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area.

This is the second telephonic conversation between Shah and Asthana since the incident. The Home Minister had on Saturday spoken with Asthana and Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Depender Pathak on the incident and asked them to maintain law and order.

Shah also took stock of the situation soon after stone-pelting between members of two communities during a religious procession.

The FIR, registered on the complaint filed by a police official at the Jahangirpuri police station, states that there was a "peaceful" Shobha Yatra procession to mark Hanuman Jayanti and there was stone-pelting following an argument.

Asthana had said earlier in the day that 14 police teams are investigating the Jahangirpuri violence case.

So far, 22 people have been arrested and two juveniles detained in connection with the incident that left nine people injured including eight police personnel and one civilian.