Delhi Chief Minister Atishi
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New Delhi: Alleging "deteriorating" law and order situation in the national capital, Chief Minister Atishi on Wednesday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said Delhi has become the "gangster capital".
The allegations come after the chief minister met parents of a 28-year-old man, who was killed in northeast Delhi's Sunder Nagari last week.
Atishi also announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the affected family.
A 28-year-old man died after he was stabbed in the neck on Friday night allegedly by two brothers, minutes after the victim and his relative rebuked and stopped the duo from harassing a woman at Sunder Nagri in northeast Delhi.
The police had arrested both accused after the murder.
"Delhi has become 'gangster capital'. criminals, extortionists, goons have no fear left. They feel they can open fire, kill someone, stab someone but the police won't do anything. I want to know from country's Home Minister Amit Shah that when Delhi's law and order comes under him then what he is doing for the people of Delhi? The condition of law and order is deteriorating. Extortion, murders are happening every day, however, the home minister has no work other than election campaigning," she told media people.
In a tweet in Hindi, the chief minister said that recently, a 28-year-old youth was murdered in broad daylight in Sunder Nagari.
"I met the family of the deceased today and consoled them. The Delhi government will provide financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the family of the deceased," she said.