New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a case under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and other laws in connection with a stone-pelting incident that erupted during an anti-encroachment demolition drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid in the Turkman Gate of the national capital.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Central Range) Madhur Verma told ANI that the case has been registered under sections 121, 123 and 221 of the BNS, along with section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and section 191 (rioting). Five people were arrested on the spot in connection with the violence that broke out on Tuesday night.

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