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In Interim Order, HC Restrains Maha Police from Holding Mock Drills Showing 'Terrorists' as Belonging to Particular Community
News 18The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in an interim order has restrained the police from conducting mock drills in which personnel playing the part of terrorists are shown as belonging to a particular community. The HC was hearing a public interest litigation petition filed by social activist Sayed Usama alleging that mock drills being conducted by police department depicted attire and slogans to indicate the terrorists were Muslims. The PIL took exception to three mock drills held at Ahmednagar, Chandrapur and Aurangabad districts where policemen, who played the part of terrorists in the mock drill, were dressed as men from the Muslim community. He takes exception to the conduct of mock drills by the police department depicting from attire and the slogan shouting as if to indicate that the terrorist is a Muslim,” the court said.
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