Sonia Gandhi deputes 5-member team to visit riot-affected areas, submit detailed report

Published: Friday, February 28, 2020, 14:45 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 28: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday deputed a five-member team to visit the riot-affected areas in northeast Delhi and submit a report to her after assessing the situation there.

The delegation comprises AICC general Secretary Mukul Wasnik, AICC in-charge Delhi Shaktisinh Gohil, Haryana PCC chief Kumari Selja, Ex-MP Tariq Anwar, and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev.

Forensics and police personnel investigate areas and house which were burnt and vandalized by rioters in Tuesdays violence over new citizenship law — Forensics and police personnel investigate areas and house which were burnt and vandalized by rioters in Tuesday's violence over new citizenship law

The Congress president has deputed a delegation of party leaders to visit the riot-affected areas in the National Capital of Delhi and asked the leaders to assess the situation emanating from the mindless violence in riot-affected areas and its after effects, the party said in a statement.

The team has been asked to submit a "detailed report to the Congress President immediately", the statement said.

The death toll in Delhi's communal violence rose to 39 on Friday.

Published On February 28, 2020