Credibility deficit

Courts should hold Delhi police accountable

Business Standard Editorial Comment  |  New Delhi 

Several sets of CCTV footage released by a group coordinating the Jamia Millia Islamia’s protests against citizenship laws have raised fresh doubts about the Delhi police narrative that they had entered the campus on December 15 only to apprehend rioters.

Over 100 people were injured in that attack, in which students claimed indiscriminate violence and abuse. Some weeks ago, the police stated that reservations about entering a campus uninvited (as in Jamia) prevented them from responding to calls when masked men attacked students and destroyed property in Jawaharlal Nehru University ...

First Published: Tue, February 18 2020. 21:05 IST