Delhi riots: Uneasy calm as forces take control of violence-hit areas, death toll continues to rise

Communal violence over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi has claimed over 34 lives so far after police struggled to check the rioters who ran amok on streets, burning and looting shops, pelting stones and thrashing people on Tuesday.

Security personnel stand near a burning shop following clashes over the new citizenship law, in Gokulpuri area of northeast Delhi. (Photo | PTI) 

People leave their houses during clashes over the new citizenship law at Khajauri Khas area of North-East Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

Delhi Police's Special CP (Law & Order) SN Srivastava (L) and Delhi Police spokesperson ACP Mandeep Singh Randhawa inspect Bhajanpura area following clashes over the new citizenship law, in northeast Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

Security personnel patrol streets following clashes over the new citizenship law, in Bhagirathi area of northeast Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

A shop set ablaze by miscreants following clashes over the new citizenship law, in Gokulpuri area of northeast Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

Damaged DRP school at Shiv Vihar in East Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

Children collect the books inside the damaged school at Shiv Vihar Rajdhani Public School in Northeast Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

Burned vehicles at Yamuna Vihar in Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

Burned vehicles and tyre market in Gokulpuri in Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)