Ahead of Friday prayers, Delhi police on high alert
4 years, 9 months ago

Ahead of Friday prayers, Delhi police on high alert

Op India  

In view of recent anti-Hindu riots in Delhi, which has claimed at least 50 lives and left over 250 injured in northeast Delhi, the Delhi Police has sounded a high alert across the national capital and tightened security at ‘sensitive places’ ahead of the Friday prayers. According to the reports, the Delhi police have increased security in sensitive areas across the riot-hit North-East Delhi ahead of Friday prayers in the national capital following the anti-Hindu riots. The anti-Hindu riots that engulfed the streets of Delhi have resulted in deaths of around 50 persons and more than 250 people sustained injuries in the violence that started on Sunday. Read: There is a conspiracy behind Delhi riots, money came from abroad and rest of the country for it: Home Minister Amit Shah Moreover, as many as 1,922 rioters have been identified by using facial recognition software, he said, adding that driving licence, voter ID data are being used in the software.

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Delhi Police ban political protests on New Year's Eve, strict checking in city
1 week, 4 days ago

Delhi Police ban political protests on New Year's Eve, strict checking in city

India Today  

As the New Year approaches, the Delhi Police on Monday strengthened security arrangements to maintain safety and order in the national capital. Protests are banned in the New Delhi district under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita during the festivities. A robust team of police personnel, along with beat and patrolling staff, has been deployed for the citizens' security …

Hundreds protest in New Delhi against reported attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Hundreds protest in New Delhi against reported attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of protesters rallied near the Bangladesh diplomatic mission in the Indian capital on Tuesday, pressing for an end to reported attacks on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh after former premier Sheikh Hasina fled into exile in India in August. Hindu holy men and others shout slogans condemning reported attacks on Hindu and other minorities in …

Farmers' protest: Delhi traffic to be affected. Check details for key areas
1 month ago

Farmers' protest: Delhi traffic to be affected. Check details for key areas

India Today  

The farmers' protest in Delhi is set to impact several locations, including all parts of the city, particularly the border areas, as farmers approach from neighbouring states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Here are some suggested routes: NORTH DELHI Consider taking the Outer Ring Road or local roads like Mukarba Chowk or Wazirabad Road to avoid congestion near the Singhu …

Delhi Police bans protests in parts of city till October 6
3 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Police bans protests in parts of city till October 6

The Hindu  

Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora on Monday ordered a ban on protests in several parts of the city till October 6. It cited the “prevailing communal atmosphere in view of the proposed Waqf Bill and the issue of Shahi Idgah in Sadar Bazar area, the politically surcharged issue of the MCD Standing Committee election and the pending declaration of results …

HC to hear pleas related to 2020 Delhi violence on October 19
4 months, 1 week ago

HC to hear pleas related to 2020 Delhi violence on October 19

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday scheduled October 9 for hearing a series of petitions related to the February 2020 violence in North-East Delhi, including the alleged hate speeches by several BJP leaders. The petitions primarily call for the registration of FIRs against several BJP leaders accused of delivering hate speeches that allegedly fueled the violence. Emphasising the …

CAA implementation | Security tightened, flag marches conducted in northeast Delhi
9 months, 4 weeks ago

CAA implementation | Security tightened, flag marches conducted in northeast Delhi

The Hindu  

Security was tightened in many parts of Delhi with paramilitary personnel conducting night patrols and flag marches in the northeastern parts of the city, Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar and other sensitive areas after the Centre implemented the Citizenship Act, 2019. After the Centre implemented the CAA on Monday, notifying the rules four years after the contentious law was passed, police …

Security tightened in Shaheen Bagh, many areas over CAA
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Security tightened in Shaheen Bagh, many areas over CAA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The security in the national capital was heightened, especially in communally sensitive areas, after the Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for implementing the Citizenship Act on Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Joy Tirkey said police personnel patrolled and checked sensitive areas extensively. Tirkey said 29 ‘Aman Committee’ meetings were convened to dispel misconceptions about the CAA …

Clampdown in the national capital
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Clampdown in the national capital

Hindustan Times  

Delhi is no stranger to protests. As the seat of the national government, the city has seen numerous groups march into Delhi since Independence with demands they believed would be best heard here. From the protests against price rise and authoritarianism in the 1970s to farmers occupying the India Gate boat club lawns in the 1980s and Dalits demanding a …

Farmers Protest highlights: ‘Respond more aggressively if they come aggressively,’ says senior officer
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers Protest highlights: ‘Respond more aggressively if they come aggressively,’ says senior officer

Hindustan Times  

Farmers protest: Delhi Police and Security forces officials preparing security arrangements at Singhu Border Delhi-Haryana Border. Farmers Protest Highlights: Farmers, pressing for a law on minimum support price for crops, are now marching towards Delhi following inconclusive talks with a team of union ministers. Delhi traffic advisory for farmers protest • Traffic in Delhi-NCR was heavily affected on Tuesday due …

Farmers Protest highlights: ‘Respond more aggressively if they come aggressively,’ says senior officer
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers Protest highlights: ‘Respond more aggressively if they come aggressively,’ says senior officer

Hindustan Times  

Farmers protest: Delhi Police and Security forces officials preparing security arrangements at Singhu Border Delhi-Haryana Border. Farmers Protest Highlights: Farmers, pressing for a law on minimum support price for crops, are now marching towards Delhi following inconclusive talks with a team of union ministers. Delhi traffic advisory for farmers protest • Traffic in Delhi-NCR was heavily affected on Tuesday due …

Security tightened in Delhi ahead of AAP's protests outside BJP headquarters
11 months, 1 week ago

Security tightened in Delhi ahead of AAP's protests outside BJP headquarters

India TV News  

Delhi: Security arrangements have been tightened in Delhi as AAP and BJP are scheduled to hold protests against each other. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP called for a protest outside the BJP headquarters over alleged cheating in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, while the BJP announced a demonstration near the AAP office over alleged corruption in the Delhi government. Kejriwal and Mann likey …

2020 Delhi riots: Ishrat Jahan, 12 others charged with attempt to murder
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2020 Delhi riots: Ishrat Jahan, 12 others charged with attempt to murder

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday framed charges of attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and other related offences against former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, activist Khalid Saifi and 11 others in a case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi Riots. “HC Yograj, who is the complainant and an eyewitness to accused persons forming part of the armed unlawful …

Police on alert in Bihar, Bengal ahead of Hanuman Jayanti
1 year, 9 months ago

Police on alert in Bihar, Bengal ahead of Hanuman Jayanti

Hindustan Times  

Police were on alert in Bihar and West Bengal ahead of the Hanuman Jayanti on Thursday after facing flak over a series of communal clashes during Ram Navami celebrations that triggered a blame game between the ruling parties of the two states and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. The Union home ministry on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal …

Shahnawaz, Shoaib and 7 others convicted in a Delhi Riots case, court says their objective was to cause maximum damage to properties of Hindus
1 year, 9 months ago

Shahnawaz, Shoaib and 7 others convicted in a Delhi Riots case, court says their objective was to cause maximum damage to properties of Hindus

Op India  

On Monday, March 13, Delhi’s Karkardooma court convicted nine persons involved in the 2020 anti-Hindu Delhi riots. The court noted that the main objective of the convicts who joined the unruly mob guided by ‘communal feelings’ was to cause ‘maximum damage’ to the properties belonging to the people of the Hindu community. Hence, those charged are convicted for offences covered …

India terror law haunts Muslims jailed since 2020 for Delhi riots
1 year, 10 months ago

India terror law haunts Muslims jailed since 2020 for Delhi riots

Al Jazeera  

Activists and family members of those languishing in jail for 2020 violence say the ‘draconian’ UAPA law is being misused to deny them bail. “The reason why these people are still in jail in spite of charges being dismissed on so many grounds is that they have been booked under a draconian law like UAPA which calls itself an anti-terror …

Three years on, here is a compilation of all the OpIndia ground reports on 2020 Delhi riots
1 year, 10 months ago

Three years on, here is a compilation of all the OpIndia ground reports on 2020 Delhi riots

Op India  

On the 24th and 25th of February 2020, India’s national capital Delhi saw large-scale anti-Hindu riots which marked the culmination of the hostility, hatred, and anger spread by the anti-CAA protests by the Islamists in Shaheen Bagh and other areas. Hindu shops were specifically targetted OpIndia visited Delhi’s Chand Bagh area on the 27th of February 2020, in the aftermath …

2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits four accused of rioting, torching vehicles
2 years, 1 month ago

2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits four accused of rioting, torching vehicles

India TV News  

Highlights The court said the prosecution was unable to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt The court was hearing the case against Shahrukh, Ashu, Zuber and Ashwani All were accused of being a part of a mob that set ablaze tractors and hand carts and ransacked 2020 Delhi riots: A Delhi court on Monday acquitted four persons accused of …

Muslims in India stage protests over Prophet comments
2 years, 6 months ago

Muslims in India stage protests over Prophet comments

Al Jazeera  

Muslims in India have taken to the streets to protest against anti-Islamic comments made by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. In northern Uttar Pradesh state police said they had arrested 230 alleged rioters after unrest spread across several towns after Friday prayers. Earlier this month, the BJP suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma and …

Delhi Police files FIR in connection with protests outside Jama Masjid over Prophet remarks
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Police files FIR in connection with protests outside Jama Masjid over Prophet remarks

Firstpost  

After the Friday prayers, a large crowd of people had gathered on the steps of the famous mosque, carrying placards and shouting slogans against Sharma and Naveen Jindal for making derogatory remarks on the Prophet New Delhi: Police have registered a case in connection with Friday’s protest outside Jama Masjid to demand the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma …

Day of protests: From Delhi to Ranchi, stir over Prophet remarks rocks India
2 years, 6 months ago

Day of protests: From Delhi to Ranchi, stir over Prophet remarks rocks India

Hindustan Times  

Massive protests erupted in several parts of the country on Friday over inflammatory comments by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled party leader Naveen Kumar Jindal. The agitations turned violent in many states, including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, with reports of police firing in the air, shelling tear gas to disperse crowds and resorting to …

Delhi riots: HC grants time to leaders to respond to pleas to implead them in proceedings for FIR
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi riots: HC grants time to leaders to respond to pleas to implead them in proceedings for FIR

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to several political leaders and others to file their responses to pleas to make them parties to proceedings seeking FIR and investigation against them for allegedly delivering hate speeches leading to the February 2020 riots here. A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, while hearing a batch of petitions concerning …

Delhi Police identifies 15 more involved in Jahangirpuri clashes
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police identifies 15 more involved in Jahangirpuri clashes

Hindustan Times  

At least 15 more people involved in the communal violence in Jahangirpuri on April 16 have been identified by the Delhi Police but they are evading arrest, senior police officers privy to the investigation by the crime branch team said on Tuesday. Teams from the crime branch and the special cell have been camping at different places in West Bengal …

From 1921 Moplah genocide to 2022 Delhi riots: Why anti-Hindu violence has been a norm in India
2 years, 8 months ago

From 1921 Moplah genocide to 2022 Delhi riots: Why anti-Hindu violence has been a norm in India

Firstpost  

In February 2020, anti-Hindu riots broke out in northeast Delhi at the behest of the then AAP councillor, Tahir Hussain. At the height of the anti-CAA demonstrations, a group of Muslim demonstrators in Delhi’s Chand Bagh neighbourhood beat police officers, leading to the death of head constable Ratan Lal and the critical injury of Shahdara DCP Amit Sharma. Cut to …

Centre monitoring situation in Delhi's Jahangirpuri amid police probe| 10 points
2 years, 8 months ago

Centre monitoring situation in Delhi's Jahangirpuri amid police probe| 10 points

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah is monitoring the situation in Delhi after clashes broke out in the Jahangirpuri area of the city on Saturday, officials have said, adding that he spoke to Delhi top cop Rakesh Asthana and told police to take strict action against those involved. Hundreds of police personnel remained deployed in northwest Delhi on Monday, two days …

Delhi riots: From 2022’s Jahangirpuri to Sadar Bazar in 1974, a history of communal clashes in the Capital
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi riots: From 2022’s Jahangirpuri to Sadar Bazar in 1974, a history of communal clashes in the Capital

Firstpost  

The Jahangirpuri clashes are a stark reminder that Delhi has witnessed several incidents of large-scale sectarian violence. The Capital saw the worst in 2020 when people clashed in Northeast Delhi, leading to the deaths of 53 people and unprecedented destruction of public property On Saturday evening, Delhi once again saw communal violence — reminiscent of the 2020 riots which shook …

Delhi clash: Act without delay
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi clash: Act without delay

Hindustan Times  

The northwest fringes of the national Capital were roiled by communal violence on Saturday evening, leaving at least seven people with injuries, six of them policemen. The violence, which broke out in the aftermath of a Hindu religious procession passing through the area, brought back disturbing memories of the 2020 Delhi riots that left 53 people dead and hundreds wounded. …

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital
2 years, 8 months ago

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Police in India’s capital have arrested 14 people after communal violence broke out during a Hindu religious procession, leaving several injured, local media reported Sunday. Authorities say Hindu and Muslim groups in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest New Delhi, threw stones at each other during a religious procession celebrating the birth of the Hindu god Hanuman on …

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital
2 years, 8 months ago

14 arrested after communal violence in Indian capital

The Independent  

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14 arrested, nine injured after violence in Delhi's Jahangirpuri
2 years, 8 months ago

14 arrested, nine injured after violence in Delhi's Jahangirpuri

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen people have been arrested so far in connection with violence in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening, according to a senior police officer. Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police Usha Rangnani first said nine people were arrested and nine others injured in clashes between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession. New Delhi: Security personnel stand guard after clashes broke …

Indian police arrest 14 in New Delhi after communal violence
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian police arrest 14 in New Delhi after communal violence

Al Jazeera  

Police made the arrests in connection with violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a religious procession. Indian police have arrested 14 people in connection with the violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession in the country’s capital New Delhi on Saturday. The rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has emboldened …

Revealed: Connecting the dots between Jahangirpuri violence and 2020 Delhi riots
2 years, 8 months ago

Revealed: Connecting the dots between Jahangirpuri violence and 2020 Delhi riots

India TV News  

Highlights Special Cell likely to take over Jahangirpuri case C Block Kushal Chowk had a connection with the 2020 North-East riots of Delhi The protests against CAA/NRC had mainly illegal Bangladeshi women and children Jahangirpuri Violence: The Special Cell or the Crime Branch of Delhi Police is likely to take over the Jahangirpuri violence case in which eight police personnel …

Delhi, U.P. on high alert after violence during Hanuman Jayanthi procession
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi, U.P. on high alert after violence during Hanuman Jayanthi procession

The Hindu  

The national capital and adjoining regions of Uttar Pradesh were put on high alert on Saturday following a confrontation between two communities in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri during a “shobha yatra” on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Police sources said multiple such processions had been taken out in the area during the day; the confrontation occurred when the third such procession began …

Jahangirpuri violence: Strict action will be taken against rioters, says Delhi Police Commissioner
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri violence: Strict action will be taken against rioters, says Delhi Police Commissioner

India Today  

Hours after violence broke out during the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Saturday, the Delhi Police Commissioner said that the situation is under control and adequate additional force has been deployed in sensitive areas. 1/2 — CP Delhi #DilKiPolice April 16, 2022 The police added that strict action would be taken against rioters. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind …

Clashes erupt in India’s New Delhi during Hindu procession
2 years, 8 months ago

Clashes erupt in India’s New Delhi during Hindu procession

Al Jazeera  

Clashes broke out during a Hindu religious procession in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Saturday that left several people and police officers injured. Earlier on Saturday, protesters in New Delhi shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government saying Muslims had been violently targeted by authorities last week in the aftermath of Hindu-Muslim clashes in parts of three states …

Delhi Riots: Courts to Ensure Law Does Not Become Tool for Targeted Harassment, Says HC
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Riots: Courts to Ensure Law Does Not Become Tool for Targeted Harassment, Says HC

News 18  

It is the Constitutional duty of the court to ensure there is no "arbitrary deprivation of personal liberty in the face of excess of State power", the Delhi High Court has observed while granting bail to two accused in a case of murder of an elderly woman in connection with the 2020 north-east Delhi riots. While the high court granted …

"Delhi Riots & Farmers Protests Disturbed Public Order, Matters Of National Importance": Centre Defends LG Appointed Prosecutors
2 years, 11 months ago

"Delhi Riots & Farmers Protests Disturbed Public Order, Matters Of National Importance": Centre Defends LG Appointed Prosecutors

Live Law  

Defending the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's appointed Special Public Prosecutors to argue cases related to Farmers Protest and Delhi Riots, Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the cases, being highly sensitive in nature, are matters of national importance. In a common counter affidavit submitted by the Centre and Delhi LG, it has further been submitted that both Delhi riots …

Delhi riots pre-meditated conspiracy, did not take place on spur of the moment: HC
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi riots pre-meditated conspiracy, did not take place on spur of the moment: HC

India Today  

The Delhi High Court Monday refused to grant bail to an accused in a case concerning the northeast Delhi riots of 2020, saying that there was “pre-planned and pre-meditated conspiracy to disturb law and order in the city” and events “did not take place in a spur of the moment”. Justice Subramonium Prasad, while dealing with a bail application moved …

India’s farmers renew protests, challenging Modi government
3 years, 3 months ago

India’s farmers renew protests, challenging Modi government

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indian farmers blocked traffic on major roads and railway tracks outside of the nation’s capital on Monday, marking one year of demonstrations against government-backed laws that they say will shatter their livelihoods. Waving colorful flags and distributing free food, hundreds of farmers gathered Monday at one of the protest sites on the edges of the …

'Mind has to be applied': Court raps police over probe into Delhi riots case
3 years, 4 months ago

'Mind has to be applied': Court raps police over probe into Delhi riots case

India Today  

In yet another case related to the Delhi riots of February 2020, a sessions court has reprimanded the Delhi Police for its investigation. The court also said, “It is also relevant to note here that till date the investigating agency has not been able to apprehend any other accused person in the matter, meaning thereby that no progress/further investigation in …

Police don't want to nab real culprits of Delhi riots, alleges AAP
3 years, 4 months ago

Police don't want to nab real culprits of Delhi riots, alleges AAP

India TV News  

The Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Saturday said that police don't want to nab real culprits of Delhi riots. Blaming Delhi Police for shoddy investigation, she said that it is clear that Delhi Police does not want to do a proper investigation in the cases of Delhi riots. Talking about ongoing investigation, Atishi said, "Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav …

Delhi riots will be remembered for police's failure to conduct proper probe: Court while discharging accused
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi riots will be remembered for police's failure to conduct proper probe: Court while discharging accused

India Today  

A Delhi court pulled up the Delhi Police over lack of proper investigation into the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, while discharging three men accused of rioting, arson and various offences. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, in his order that was passed on Thursday, observed that the police "made no effort" to investigate the case, and were "merely filing chargesheets without …

Delhi riots: Investigation standard 'very poor' in large number of cases, says court
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi riots: Investigation standard 'very poor' in large number of cases, says court

India Today  

A Delhi court has said that the standard of investigation in a large number of 2020 northeast riots cases is “very poor” and sought the intervention of the Delhi Police Commissioner. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observations while framing charges against one Ashraf Ali for allegedly attacking police officials with acid, glass bottles and bricks during the communal …

Delhi riots: Crime branch identifies 3 cops who forced injured men to recite national anthem during clashes
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi riots: Crime branch identifies 3 cops who forced injured men to recite national anthem during clashes

India Today  

The special investigation team of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has identified three policemen who allegedly forced injured men to recite the national anthem during the northeast Delhi riots in February last year. Delhi Police had registered a case following the death of one of the victims, named Faizan, three days after the incident. The SIT also interrogated a jawan …

Opinion | Delhi Police has taken a right step in arresting those spreading communal hate
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Delhi Police has taken a right step in arresting those spreading communal hate

India TV News  

There was good news on Tuesday when Delhi Police arrested six persons, including the organizer of the protest, Ashwini Upadhyay, on charges of communal sloganeering at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Monday night I had shown the video of these activists shouting hateful slogans and I had asked for immediate action against …

Ahead of protest outside Parliament, Delhi Police meet farmers' delegation
3 years, 5 months ago

Ahead of protest outside Parliament, Delhi Police meet farmers' delegation

India TV News  

Ahead of a planned protest by farmers in front of Parliament during its Monsoon Session, officials of Delhi Police officials on Sunday met a delegation of farmers. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said the protest would be 'peaceful' despite the country witnessing violence on Republic Day when protestors reached Red Fort as a part of their 'tractor …

Delhi Police fined Rs 25,000 by court for 'miserably failing' to investigate 2020 Delhi riots
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police fined Rs 25,000 by court for 'miserably failing' to investigate 2020 Delhi riots

India Today  

The Delhi Police has been fined Rs 25,000 by a court in Delhi for "miserably failing" in their duty to investigate cases related to the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi. The court noted that in one of the FIRs pertaining to the Delhi riots cases, the Delhi Police conducted the investigation in a “most casual, callous and farcical manner”. …

Delhi Riots: Police arrested 1,829 persons, filed 755 FIRs, govt tells Parliament
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Riots: Police arrested 1,829 persons, filed 755 FIRs, govt tells Parliament

India Today  

Deli Poice arrested 1,829 people and filed 755 FIRs in connection with the northeast Delhi riots last year, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The minister said that out of the 755 FIRs filed, 62 were linked to heinous crimes and were investigated by the special investigation teams in the crime branch. One …

Delhi riots 2020: One year on…
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi riots 2020: One year on…

India Today  

On February 23, 2020 - clashes between pro and anti-CAA protesters in Jafrabad turned into communal violence and spread across northeast Delhi over the next four days. India Today TV revisited the scenes of violence during the northeast Delhi riots, in which 53 people were killed and at least 581 were injured. LOCATION: CHAND BAGH Roads full of people, a …

Delhi Riots: Khalsa organisation, Delhi govt discriminated against Hindus
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Riots: Khalsa organisation, Delhi govt discriminated against Hindus

Op India  

It was 23 February 2020 when the months-long anti-CAA stir in the country reached a crescendo in the form of bloodcurdling anti-Hindu riots in the country’s capital, Delhi. A year since the horrifying anti-Hindu riots convulsed Delhi, OpIndia spoke to the residents of the riot-hit northeast Delhi region to get understand the prevailing ground situation. Speaking to OpIndia, Rahul Sharma …

Muslim victims of 2020 Delhi violence ‘losing hopes of justice’
3 years, 10 months ago

Muslim victims of 2020 Delhi violence ‘losing hopes of justice’

Al Jazeera  

Victims say they have come up against the police’s repeated refusal to investigate complaints against Hindu rioters. Many of the Muslim victims of last year’s bloody violence say they have come repeatedly up against a refusal by police to investigate complaints against Hindu rioters. Adding to the sense of injustice is that accounts from Muslim victims as well as reports …

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