Close X
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
ADVT 
India

Watch Cobrapost Expose: Delhi Police was ordered to go slow on 1984 Rioters

Sumesh Sharma IANS, 22 Apr, 2014 01:17 AM
    Cobrapost which carried out the sting operation on Babri demolition a few days ago has now come up with another expose that claims Congress government in 1984 didn't allow the Delhi police to act against those involved in the anti-Sikh riots.
     
    According to the news portal several former Delhi police officials have confessed that the force colluded with the government of the time "to teach Sikhs a lesson" for the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
     
    In it's press release, Cobrapost also claims that its special Correspondent Asit Dixit met all these officials who are now retired, enjoying all the perks and benefits made the following confessions: 
     
    • Warnings about the simmering communal sentiments against Sikhs went unheard by senior officers
     
    • While news of arson and rioting bombarded the police control rooms, only two per cent of the messages were recorded
     
    • Police logbooks were conveniently changed to eliminate evidence of inaction on the part of senior officers
     
    • Some officers did not act for fear of punishment being transferred
     
     
    • Some police officers dumped bodies of victims somewhere else to minimize riot-related crimes
     
    • The police did not allow the victims of rioting file FIRs or when they filed FIRs, they clubbed many cases of murder and arson that took in disparate places in one FIR
     
    • Messages were broadcast directing police to not take action against rioters who were shouting slogans of ‘Indira Gandhi zindabad’
     
    • The government of the day did not allow the police to act while creating an impression that the police were not performing their duty
     
    • Senior police officers did not allow their subordinates to open fire on rioters
     
    • Even the Fire Brigade refused to move to areas where cases of arson had been reported by police.
     
    Watch the detailed Video report below: 
     

    MORE India ARTICLES

    India's democracy reaches out to lone voter in Gir forest

    India's democracy reaches out to lone voter in Gir forest
    He remains one of India's most prized voters. Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas is the lone voter in the midst of Gujarat's Gir forest, home to the Asiatic lion, for whom an entire election team sets up a polling booth every election - and will do so again on April 30.

    India's democracy reaches out to lone voter in Gir forest

    Remove 'mother-son' regime, urges Modi

    Remove 'mother-son' regime, urges Modi
    BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at the Congress-led UPA, terming it a "maa betey ki sarkar" (a mother-son government) and urged people to vote them out.

    Remove 'mother-son' regime, urges Modi

    Modi is the flavour of Indian election coverage in US

    Modi is the flavour of Indian election coverage in US
    A CNN story on what it called "India's first social media election" also began with how during the Holi festival more than three million Twitter followers of Modi "received a personalised greeting from him."

    Modi is the flavour of Indian election coverage in US

    Caught On Camera: Baba Ramdev tries to hush BJP candidate about money

    Caught On Camera: Baba Ramdev tries to hush BJP candidate about money
    Baba Ramdev is facing major embarrassment due to a video clip which shows Yoga Guru in conversation with the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate in Alwar, Mahant Chandnath.

    Caught On Camera: Baba Ramdev tries to hush BJP candidate about money

    India: Non vegetarian majority with a vegetarian ruling class?

    India: Non vegetarian majority with a vegetarian ruling class?
    The Hindu newspaper, which has its main office in Chennai, has asked its employees not to bring non vegetarian food to the dining room because the smell offends vegetarian members of the staff. Is it an illiberal step? In the times we live, dietary restriction, or license, would be the wrong measure to gauge liberalism in a newspaper office. 

    India: Non vegetarian majority with a vegetarian ruling class?

    Mayawati bares her prime ministerial ambitions

    Mayawati bares her prime ministerial ambitions
    A day after Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said he would stake claim for the prime minister’s post, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati Friday said if her supporters voted intelligently, a "Dalit ki beti" could well be at the helm of affairs of the central government.

    Mayawati bares her prime ministerial ambitions