-Livemint.com State’s response to organised violence in India often hinges on a political cost-benefit analysis Days before the verdict in rape case against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, his supporters started gathering in Panchkula. A lot of violence could have been prevented by not letting them come there. Why did the government allow this? The Dera is hardly a benign spiritual organisation. It holds significant political clout and openly declares support...
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Adityanath, No Stranger To Criminal Cases, Promises Safer UP -Milan Vaishnav
-NDTV In his maiden appearance after being named Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath proclaimed that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government would maintain a laser-like focus on the twin themes of combating corruption and restoring law and order. "In the past 15 years," Adityanath noted, "UP lagged behind in the race of development as previous governments indulged in corruption, nepotism, and failed on the law order front." Indeed, one of...
More »Agrarian Riots: The Countryside is Burning -Abeer Kapoor
-HardNewsMedia.com A lack of jobs and an abundant workforce have meant that the agrarian states of India have become tinderboxes waiting to catch fire Statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s annual report, “Crime in India”, reveal that in 2015, the number of ‘agrarian riots’ have increased by a whopping 327 percent. The number of cases of ‘agrarian rioting’ increased from 628 to 2,683 in one year. The bulk of...
More »30000 riot displaced off govt's radar
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tens of thousands of people who relocated from riot-torn areas of Muzaffarnagar to areas with minority concentration find themselves out of the government's grid even three years after the violence forced them to flee their homes. This is the main finding of a survey conducted by NGOs Aman Biradari and Afkar India of the 65 colonies that have come up in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli to house the 30,000...
More »NCRB data: For every civilian, two cops are injured in lathicharges -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in lathicharges, compared to 262 civilians. New Delhi: WHENEVER POLICE have lathicharged rioters or protesters, the number of injured has tended to be higher on their side — nearly twice as much, according to the latest crime data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 327 lathicharges in 2015, 696 police personnel were injured to 298 civilians. In 2014 too, 557 policemen were injured in...
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