Unpopular reports on 2020 Delhi pogrom. A thread.
"The activists behind the citizenship protests did not need to organise a riot to attract global media coverage and international criticism of the Modi government. The record shows there was no shortage of either." https://thewire.in/rights/delhi-police-chargesheet-riot-media-coverage
"He said that the police made him sign a statement which he couldn’t read as he had almost been blinded and his mother, who was with him, is illiterate. “We don’t know what they wrote in it,” he said." https://thewire.in/rights/delhi-riots-shahrukh-khan-confession-devangana-kalita-natasha-narwal
"The RSS, the parent organisation of the BJP, also surfaced a couple of times in the rioters’ WhatsApp group. The most critical mention was at 8 pm on February 25." https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/07/04/delhi-riots-inside-the-kattar-hindu-whatsapp-group-that-planned-executed-murders
"The accused were part of a WhatsApp group -- Kattar Hindu Ekta -- that was created on February 25 to take “revenge” on Muslims, the charge sheets said." https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/jul/03/nine-of-those-killed-in-delhi-riots-were-forced-to-shout-jai-shri-ram-police-tell-court-2164904.html
"Over four months after his readymade garments godown and house in Bhagirathi Vihar, North East Delhi were attacked and looted by a mob on February 25, Nisar Ahmed has still not managed to have a proper case registered by the Delhi police." https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-violence-police-victim-witness
"Alt News has reviewed the report and found that it cannot be categorised as a ‘fact-finding’ report because of the torrent of misinformation it carries." https://www.altnews.in/delhi-riots-fact-finding-report-accepted-by-amit-shah-replete-with-false-unsubstantiated-claims/
"The Caravan is in possession of numerous complaints filed in February and March by residents of northeast Delhi, who wrote that they witnessed violence perpetrated by or at the behest of BJP leaders." https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/delhi-police-ignored-complaints-against-kapil-mishra-bjp-leaders-leading-mobs-delhi-violence
"However, this is different from the figure given by the Delhi Waqf Board, according to which 19 mosques had been damaged during the riots." https://www.thequint.com/news/india/northeast-delhi-riots-mosques-temples-dargah-damaged-police-rti
"He gave a speech that called for love and non-violence. Government agencies consider this an act of provocation." https://scroll.in/article/965111/with-harsh-mander-named-in-delhi-riots-chargesheet-indian-democracy-has-slipped-into-a-dark-hole
"Perusal of the case diary reveals a disturbing fact. The investigation seems to be targeted only towards one end." https://www.thequint.com/news/india/delhi-riots-patiala-house-court-police-asif-tanha-caa-hindutva?fbclid=IwAR2egC0h8FoQ_ScqY0zD72MhZfh_bWF6ucCb6NxoGQYKuW2RNfDcoJzj9Kk
"At least nine people, most of them members of this WhatsApp group, have now been arrested by the Delhi Police for killing Muslims in Bhagirathi Vihar that falls under Gokulpuri Police Station." https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/northeast-delhi-riots-kattar-hindu-whatsapp-group-chargesheet-muslims