-Newsclick.in The 134-page report was released by the commission on July 16 in Delhi. New Delhi: “The police was coordinating with the mob and the mob kept on chanting, ‘Dilli Police Zindabad’ (Long Live Delhi Police),” says a Delhi Minorities Commission report detailing the communal violence in North-East Delhi in February this year. The Commission has cast serious doubts on the credibility and impartiality of the Delhi Police on July 16 while...
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Delhi riot ignition finger at Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Panel blames speeches by BJP leaders The Delhi Minorities Commission has accused Union home minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath and other BJP politicians of “fanning communal sentiments” through incendiary speeches before the February riots in the capital. It has also alleged that “police were complicit and abetted the attacks” during the riots, which killed 53 people, and arrested victims rather than the people they accused. One of the key...
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-The Hindu While police seek to project a ‘conspiracy’ behind the riots, all FIRs pertaining to the violence must be opened to public scrutiny Arshad Alam, Amaan Iqbal, Deepak Kumar, Mohammad Hamza and many others were killed in Communal Riots that convulsed north-east Delhi in late February 2020. Many more were injured, or victims of arson. The Home Minister stated on March 11 that “over 700 FIRs” had been filed. Yet about 80...
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-The Telegraph Poultry business dithering, seed supply may hit kharif season A week is a long period in the time of pandemics. Around Holi, India was besotted with other issues, including New Delhi’s insinuated Communal Riots and the Madhya Pradesh political crisis. Late last week, finally, Covid-19 drew full attention of the authorities as it rightfully deserves. While these are still early days in India and the number of Covid-19-infected people is a...
More »Delhi violence -- Amit Shah contradicts himself
-The Hindu There was a contradiction in Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday where he said that the Communal Riots in Delhi was a “pre-planned conspiracy”. On February 25, a statement issued by the Press Information Bureau said: “Shri Shah noted that the professional assessment is that the violence in the capital has been spontaneous. Please click here to read more. ...
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