‘All due to police negligence’: What a North East Delhi trader said about February 25 violence
A Hindu trader in the violence-affected area talks of how police inaction is affecting his business.
Look at what this trader had to say when a shop run by a Muslim, located next to a market owned by him, came under attacked. He not only intervened and handed over the arsonist to police, but also had a message to share. Pls listen: pic.twitter.com/C0U0ZCtnKe
— Sourav Roy Barman (@Sourav_RB) February 26, 2020
As news of cases of extreme violence, arson, and looting, specifically in shops and houses owned by Muslims in North East Delhi kept pouring in through Tuesday, a trader from the area was recorded on camera saying that the violence was a result of the negligence of Delhi Police.
“This violence is due to the negligence of Delhi Police,” said the man in the video, who owns a portion of the market where a shop run by a Muslim was ransacked. “They are not reaching the troubled areas on time and are unable to control the situation. The mob is inciting violence in the name of Hindus and disrespecting them. These people belong to a specific political party.”
Here are more videos from the violence across the area on Tuesday.
One of the fruit vandalised fruit juice shops and a motor bike repair shop. Also ransacked. Vehicles were dragged out and set in fire. Video in next tweet pic.twitter.com/VJnlM4CAiM
— Sourav Roy Barman (@Sourav_RB) February 26, 2020
Around 8 pm, the flames outside the market had subsided, but a residential property, about a kilometre away in Chandbagh, was burning. Charred remains of several vehicles lay overturned. Not a single streetlight was functional. The anti-CAA protest site lay demolished. pic.twitter.com/2v0fIO7GK1
— Sourav Roy Barman (@Sourav_RB) February 26, 2020