Community violence over the center’s controversial CAA had erupted in February. (Proceedings)
New Delhi:
One day when the Delhi Police produced an exhaustive charge sheet listing 15 people linked to a single side involved in the February riots, the distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro wrote a second letter to the city commissioner. questioning the “license granted to three BJP stalwarts” accused of giving provocative speeches before the violence.
Ribeiro’s first letter followed an assurance from Delhi Police Chief SN Shrivastava, who told him that the investigation into the communal clashes, which left 53 dead, at least 200 injured and millions of rupees worth of property damaged, was guided by facts and was fair.
“There are doubts in my original open letter that you have not addressed. I realize that it is difficult, indeed impossible, to justify the license granted to the three BJP stalwarts that I mentioned: license to rant, rant and threaten those who peacefully protest. . Perceived errors. If the speakers were Muslims or leftists, the police would surely have accused them of sedition “Mr. Ribeiro.
Former IPS officer, medal winner Padma Bhushan and the President’s Police who led the police forces in Mumbai, Gujarat and Punjab, as well as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), had appointed the leaders of BJP Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma in their first letter and asked why they had not been brought in for questioning.
Distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro wrote a second letter to the city commissioner questioning “the license granted to three unconditional BJPs.”
Just before the riots, Mishra had been seen on video standing next to a policeman and threatening to “go out on the street” if protesters demonstrating against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were not passed.
Days earlier, Thakur, a union minister, had led the crowd at one of his rallies to chant a slogan to “shoot traitors” in reference to the protesters. Verma, a parliamentarian, was also charged with making similar incendiary speeches.
Saying that he noted in the email from the Delhi Police Commissioner that he doubted Ribeiro’s patriotism, the celebrated police officer asked Mr. Shrivastava to present the minutes of all 753 cases recorded during the riots.
Ribeiro’s second letter came shortly after Delhi police posted the email that Shrivastava had sent him on Twitter.
The police fraternity holds Mr. Julio Rebeiro in high esteem. He has raised questions about the impartiality of the investigation into the northeast Delhi riots. A reply has been sent by email to clarify your doubts. @CPDelhi@LtGovDelhi@HMOIndiapic.twitter.com/ZNVaFYwSXG
– #DilKiPolice Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) September 15, 2020
The Delhi Police, which reports to the central government and whose role during the riots is also under scrutiny, released a 17,500-page charge sheet on Wednesday naming 15 people, all linked to protests against the controversial new citizenship law. of the center and none of the campaign in its favor.
Community violence over the center’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) had erupted in February among groups that supported and opposed the law that promised citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from three neighboring countries, widely viewed as discriminatory.
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