Delhi clashes: How cops lost the plot at the outset
It appears that erroneous judgements, inadequate deployment and absence of swift decisions on the part of police led to northeast Delhi spinning out of control and 42 people being killed in a span of 36 hours. TOI spoke to several police officers whose accounts seemed to suggest this was what happened when riots broke out last Sunday.
While Sharma and ACP Anuj Kumar were beaten by rioters, head constable Ratan Lal was shot dead. ... When asked why the force did not go all out against the rioters at the outset, an officer asserted, “With 80,000 people to every square kilometre, northeast Delhi is among the densest areas in the country
It appears that erroneous judgements, inadequate deployment and absence of swift decisions on the part of police led to northeast Delhi spinning out of control and 42 people being killed in a span of 36 hours. TOI spoke to several police officers whose accounts seemed to suggest this was what happened when riots broke out last Sunday.
While Sharma and ACP Anuj Kumar were beaten by rioters, head constable Ratan Lal was shot dead. ... When asked why the force did not go all out against the rioters at the outset, an officer asserted, “With 80,000 people to every square kilometre, northeast Delhi is among the densest areas in the country