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Death toll in last week's Northeast Delhi riots reached 53

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The communal violence that erupted in Northeast Delhi last week has now become the deadliest riot in the country since the ones in Gujarat in 2002, as the number of deaths caused due to the same has reached 53. According to sources in the police department, 654 cases have been registered, 1,820 people have been detained and 47 cases of Arms Act have been registered in various police stations.