It was worrisome that the Delhi Police booked “unknown people” even though videos show the identity of participants such as the former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay and others.<\/p>\n
Ashwini Upadhyay had called for a march on Sunday to demand an end to \u2018colonial-era laws\u2019 by setting up a uniform civil code.\u00a0 However, the gathering took violent overtures when inflammatory slogans calling for violence and death against Muslims were shouted at the rally in Jantar Mantar, less than 2 km from Parliament.<\/p>\n
While the Delhi Police on Monday filed a first information report against unknown persons a day after the incident was reported, the FIR did not name any specific person even though several videos from the rally clearly showed the identities of the participants.<\/p>\n
A Supreme Court lawyer and former spokesperson of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party Ashwini Upadhyay posted several tweets asking people to join the event. Another BJP leader, Gajendra Chauhan, was also among the participants in the rally.<\/p>\n
People took to Twitter in indignation and a trending hashtag took precedence with netizens tweeting, “The height of insolence!! Police behavior under the patronage of their masters is criminal. Hope the hon’ble Supreme Court takes suo moto cognisance of the same.”<\/p>\n
The incident has eerie similarities to the source of the Delhi riots which erupted through the starting slogans.<\/p>\n
The 2020 Delhi riots or North East Delhi riots were extremely violent multiple waves of bloodshed, property destruction, and rioting in North East Delhi, beginning on 23 February 2020 and caused chiefly by Hindu mobs attacking Muslims.<\/p>\n
Of the 53 people killed, two-thirds were Muslims who were shot, slashed with repeated blows, or set on fire.<\/p>\n
The dead also included a policeman, an intelligence officer, and over a dozen Hindus, who were shot or assaulted.<\/p>\n
More than a week after the violence had ended, hundreds of wounded were languishing in inadequately staffed medical facilities and corpses were being found in open drains.\u00a0 By mid-March many Muslims had remained missing.<\/p>\n
Muslims were marked as targets for violence.\u00a0 In order to have their religion ascertained, Muslim males\u2014who unlike Hindus are commonly circumcised\u2014were at times forced to remove their lower garments before being brutalized.<\/p>\n
Among the injuries recorded in one hospital were lacerated genitals.\u00a0 The properties destroyed were disproportionately Muslim-owned and included four mosques, which were set ablaze by rioters.<\/p>\n
By the end of February, many Muslims had left these neighbourhoods. Even in areas of Delhi untouched by the violence, some Muslims had left for their ancestral villages, fearful for their personal safety in India’s capital.<\/p>\n
The Chief Minister of Delhi is also criticized for his silence during these present slogans raised at Jantar Mantar due to the fear of another Delhi riot occurring and netizens are setting off another hashtag trending#KejriwalChuppiTodo<\/p>\n
\nIf kejriwal ji can't say anything then he said this. The name of our government is Aam Aadmi Party but Actually it is run by BJP#KejriwalChuppiTodo<\/a>#ArrestAshwiniUpadhyay<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EKt1mPl9Ip<\/a><\/p>\n
— B_Parween (@TSP_Parween) August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n