On Monday, March 11 the Centre implemented the CAA, notifying the rules four years after the law was passed
Police in Delhi's northeast district identified 43 hotspots and conducted patrols there. These areas include Seelampur, Jaffrabad, Mustafabad, Bhajanpura, Khajoori Khas and Seemapuri, PTI reported
The CAA bill was passed in Parliament on December 11, 2019, leading to protests across the country, including Delhi which witnessed months-long anti-CAA protests in 2019-2020 with Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh being the epicentres of the stir
The Delhi Police's cyber unit is also monitoring social media platforms to prevent provocative posts and rumours, police said
Apart from the national capital, several other sensitive areas in other states have security beefed up to maintain law and order
On Tuesday, Delhi police along with the Rapid Action Force (RAF) conducted surveillance in the streets of Delhi as opposition parties expressed discontentment over the implementation of CAA
The Assam Police have issued notices to opposition parties "ordering" them to "withdraw" the hartal over the implementation of the CAA and warned that "legal action" will be taken against them if they fail to follow the diktat
In Assam, all police stations have been put on alert, patrolling has been intensified and check-posts have been set up on major thoroughfares in most towns of the state, including Guwahati which witnessed violent protests over the CAA in December 2019, reported PTI
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday provided a web portal on which eligible non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan fleeing religious persecution can now seek Indian citizenship
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