On 24 February 2020, a series of riots and violent incidents began at North East Delhi in which twenty-three people were killed[6][7] and around 189 people were injured.[3][8] Protests were ongoing against the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) when a BJP leader and former legislator Kapil Mishra leading peaceful protest against blocking roads and metro stations was attacked by a pro CAA mob. Following this, multiple clashes occurred the next day in North East Delhi resulting in police and civilian deaths.