ISLAMABAD – On Friday, a day after the Indian Home Ministry claimed thatthe situation on the ground in the riot-affected regions of northeast Delhihad improved, a young boy named Salman revealed chilling details of howFriday morning unfolded for himlinkandhis father Ayub who eventually died.
“My father was a rag picker. Like any usual day, he left home for workearly morning. Next I knew was my father was lying wounded next to somestreet vendors. He asked me to quickly take him to the hospital. He alsosaid he was not going to survive”, Salman told Sputnik.
The young boy, who was presentt at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital’s mortuary tocomplete the formalities before bringing back the mortal remains of hisdeceased father also revealed that the violence in northeast Delhi had notsubsided and that people were still going around, asking names and beatingup people on the basis of their caste and religion.
According to Salman, Ayub was beaten up in Shiv Park in the Mustafabad areaof Delhilinkandwas dropped near the street vendors by two unidentified men.
The young boy, reached his father once he was informed of his condition.Salman also took Ayub to the nearest hospital to get first aid, but theinjuries were fatal and Ayub succumbed to the wounds and pain.
The names of the rioters who killed Salman’s father still remain unknown.The police have not yet registered an FIR on Ayub’s death.
Along with Salman, 25 more people are waiting at the Guru Teg BahadurHospital mortuary to reclaim the dead bodies of their relatives who losttheir lives in the ongoing communal violence.
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Throughout this week because of gun crimes, violent protests,stone-pelting, arson, and vandalism of places of worshiplinkDelhimade into national and international headlines.
Curfews were imposed, and the police monitoring the situation in theriot-hit regions were also given shoot on sight orders in a bid to bringthe violent situation under control. However, prohibitory orders under Section144 were relaxed on Friday for a total of 10 hourslink.
While some people are trying to further politicise the deadly violence,some people are trying to spread the word of peace, saying it’s not justHindus or just Muslims who lost their homes, savings, and lives, it’shumanity that is suffering.
The Delhi High Court has asked for help from the National InvestigationAgency to probe “anti-national forces” that propagated and instigated theriots against the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) andNational Register of Citizens (NRC).link
Enforced in December 2019, the controversial CAA entitles non-Muslimmigrants from neighbouring countries that came to India before 2015 toapply for citizenship. On the other hand, the NRC requires Indians to provetheir ethnicity via paper work and ancestral documents. – Sputnik
