New Delhi: Concerned members of the civil society have petitioned to the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi Police over communal riots in Trilokpuri and expressed deep concerns about the “role and steps taken by the police” in the process of restoring communal peace and harmony, and ensuring legal justice.
They wrote that they are worried by reports that many young men are being illegally detained for long periods, and political representatives of one segment of the young men are being permitted to enter the police stations, whereas other lawyers and senior activists are not being permitted to enter the police stations.
“Rightly or wrongly, this has created an impression of communal and political bias and a lack of fairness. This is not conducive to restoring peace in the area,” the petitioned.
They demanded that the local police are firmly instructed to function in ways that are transparent, bipartisan and fair. “We further demand that all persons who are detained in connection with the violence are presented before a magistrate, and due and fair process of law not only followed but seen to be followed by all affected people,” the petition read.
The following petition signed by activists, academicians and citizens have been sent by email and fax to the Lieutenant Governor and the police commissioner today over communal violence:
To
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
&
Police Commissioner, Delhi
October 26, 2014
We the undersigned and many other citizens of Delhi are deeply concerned about the role and steps taken by the police in the process of restoring communal peace and harmony, and ensuring legal justice, following the recent communal tensions in Trilokpuri, Delhi.
We are worried by reports that many young men are being illegally detained for long periods, and political representatives of one segment of the young men are being permitted to enter the police stations, whereas other lawyers and senior activists are not being permitted to enter the police stations. Rightly or wrongly, this has created an impression of communal and political bias and a lack of fairness. This is not conducive to restoring peace in the area.
We therefore demand that the local police are firmly instructed to function in ways that are transparent, bipartisan and fair. We further demand that all persons who are detained in connection with the violence are presented before a magistrate, and due and fair process of law not only followed but seen to be followed by all affected people. We further demand that medical tests are done of all injured persons, and that family members and lawyers are permitted to meet the detained persons.
Yours sincerely
Signed on behalf of
Amit Srivastava
Anam Khan, Advocate, Human Rights law Network
Apoorvanand, academician
Areeb Rizvi
Asad Ashraf, Aman Biradari
Ashok Kumar Boudh
Ashutosh Kumar-JNUSU
Aslam Ahmed
Asrarul haque Jeelani
Chunni lal
Devendra Bharti
Dipak Dholakia
DR Rahul
Dvijendra Nath Kalia
Farhan
Ghazala jamil
Harsh Mander, writer, social activist, Centre for Equity Studies
Imkar Mittal
Jamal Kidwai
Jameer Abbas
Jaya Sharma, NoMore campaign
Jitendram- JNU
Kavita Krishnan
Kiran Shaheen
Kripal Singh
Lesley Esteves
Lokesh
Manisha Sethi, JTSA
Manoj Kumjar
Mohd Zakir Riyaz
Mukul Dube
Mukul Priyadarshi
Naveen
Nayan
ND Pancholi, advocate
Nusrat jahan
Poorva Bhardwaj, social activist
Prashant
Rajni Tilak
Rakhi Gupta
Sandeep
Santosh Kumar- sanhati
Satosh
Satya Sidhartha Pawar
Saurabh Naruka
Shabnam Hashmi, social activist, ANHAD
Shaoor Khan
Shefali & Sanjeev
Shipra Nigam
Subhash Kumar
Sucheta de
Sundaram, CNDP
Syed Mujtaba Athar
Tabish
Tanweer Fazal
Tara Negi
Tariq Adeeb, Advocate, Human Rights law Network
Varsha Mehta
Vipul
Zafar Eqbal
Zulekha jabin, Social activist
