Acid has reportedly been thrown at the paramilitary forces in Karawal Nagar where the personnel were deployed to control the situation. According to the reports, acid has been thrown at the security forces from the top of the houses in Karawal Nagar in Delhi as tension smouldered and violence cut a swathe through several localities in North East district over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

At least 13 people have been killed and over 180 injured as fresh violence tore through North East Delhi over the amended citizenship law. In view of the continued violence in the city, curfew has been imposed in four violence-hit areas -- Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Chand Bagh, and Karawal Nagar -- of Delhi.

In view of the continuous violence in various parts of the city, a shoot-at-sight order has been issued in the affected areas of Delhi.

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said 11 FIRs have been registered in connection with the violence in northeast Delhi, in which 11 people were killed, and the force is responding to incidents involving anti-social elements.

Delhi Police spokesperson Mandeep Singh Randhawa said the situation in northeast Delhi is under control, even as several parts of the area continued to reel under violence. Over 20 persons have been detained and one person arrested till now, police said.

Among the 11 dead was Delhi Police head constable Ratan Lal.

Rioters damaged two fire tenders in Gokulpuri and crowds raising incendiary slogans set on fire fruit carts, rickshaws and anything that came in their way in the epicentre of the trouble Maujpur and other places.

Streets were littered with mangled remains of vehicles, bricks and burnt tyres, mute testimony to the violence and bloodshed that took on a communal taint on Monday and injured about 180 people, including 48 police personnel.

(With inputs from PTI)