Communal violence
The communal riots erupted in North East Delhi on February 24, 2020, the result of clashes between the supporters of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and those opposing it. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act provided a way for undocumented migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to gain Indian citizenship – as long as they were not Muslim. Passed in December 2019, the act provoked protests across India.
Some alleged that the Delhi riots had been triggered by inflammatory speeches by the leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party against those protesting against the act. In an order on Feburary 26, 2020, a Delhi High Court judge had noted that remarks of four BJP leaders – Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma and Abhay Verma – met the Indian Penal Code’s definition of hate speech.
However, the Delhi police instead booked 20 leaders and participants of the anti-CAA movement under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. They have been accused of orchestrating the riots as the culmination of a plan they had created over several months. Eighteen of them were arrested by the police through 2020. Two are absconding. Five years after the riots, 12 of them – all Muslim – continue to languish in prison, with the trial yet to even begin.
Scroll’s analysis shows that a predetermined narrative runs through the chargesheets, rarely reflecting the facts on the ground. The prosecution’s case seems to be based on fragile foundations, with little direct evidence, dangerously blurring the lines between legitimate protest and terrorism.
24/02/2025
Report: NDA 3.0 Sees 6 Lynchings, Mob Violence, And Hate Speeches In Three Weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttmtNMsyV4Y
Jun 27, 2024
It has been three weeks since the BJP-led NDA won a reduced but clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections. During this time, there have been several communal incidents, lynchings, and demolitions in different parts of the country.
Four people were lynched in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, one in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and one in Gujarat. Additionally, communal unrest and targeted harassment by right-wing mobs around Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) were reported in various parts of the country.
Locked up without trial: The story of Delhi riots FIR #59 | The Price of Dissent? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6JsoxsY2Eg | NL Documentary
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Gujarat court acquits ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in custodial torture case https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat-court-acquits-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-in-custodial-torture-case/article68961190.ece Additional chief judicial magistrate Mukesh Pandya on Saturday (December 7, 2024) acquitted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police (SP) of Porbandar, in a case registered against him under IPC sections pertaining to causing grievous hurt to obtain confession and other provisions by giving him the benefit of the doubt due to lack of evidence.
He is also an accused in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases along with activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat director general of police R.B. Sreekumar.
Bhatt, who was removed from police service by the Gujarat government over unauthorised absence, moved the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court's January 9, 2024 order dismissing his appeal.
Supreme Court notice to Gujarat on Sanjiv Bhatt's plea against conviction in custodial death case https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-notice-to-gujarat-govt-on-sanjiv-bhatts-plea-against-conviction-in-custodial-death-case/article68572098.ece
Gujarat police officer implicates Modi in riots https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Gujarat-police-officer-implicates-Modi-in-riots/article10321755.ece
He told us to let rioters & teach a lesson' to Muslims