Home Minister Amit Shah has informed Lok Sabha that at least 1100 people, who were involved in Delhi riots, have been identified using the face identified technology.

"We are using face-recognition software to identify people behind the violence. The software has identified 1100 people, 300 of these people came from UP to carry out violence," Home Minister Amit Shah said.

Amit Shah said that the facial identification technique does not discriminate between communities and religions, "We entered Voter ID data and other information available with the government to identify people who were involved in the riots."

Amit Shah told the House that 40 teams of Delhi Police have been formed to track these 1100 people. "The arrest will be made only in cases where is hard evidence against a person," Amit Shah said.

Giving details of the probe into the Delhi riots, the home minister said that Delhi Police has recovered over 100 arms from northeast Delhi and 49 cases have been registered under Arms Act. "The spread of riots on such a big scale in such a short time is not possible without a conspiracy. We have registered a case of conspiracy to probe this angle. Three people have been arrested for financing the violence in northeast Delhi," he said.

"From 27 February till today, around 700 FIRs have been registered," Amit Shah informed Lok Sabha. He also said that no incident of violence has taken place since February 27 11 pm.

Between February 22 to February 27 11 pm, 52 people were killed and 526 were injured in the riots, the home minister informed the House.

Replying to the debate on Delhi riots in Lok Sabha, the home minister said that Delhi Police managed to control riots within 36 hours. "These riots were taking place in a place which has a population of 20 lakh. They did a great job in controlling the riots from spreading any further," Amit Shah told Lok Sabha.

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