As New Delhi Counts the Dead, Questions Swirl About Police ResponsesteemCreated with Sketch.

in hive-194119 •  5 years ago 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/india-violence-hindu-muslim.html

Did the police fail to act as the country descended into its worst spasm of religious violence in years? Witnesses say officers stood by when Hindu mobs attacked Muslims.

Witnesses have said that police officers, under the command of a Hindu nationalist governing party that has a long history of vilifying Muslims, intentionally stood back and let Hindu mobs slaughter Muslim civilians.

As India’s worst spasm of religious violence in years entered its sixth day, with the death toll climbing to at least 38, questions are intensifying about why the New Delhi police failed to quell the bloodletting.

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