: Two years after Delhi violence, what explains the police’s continued ‘defence of the accused’? #IndiaNEWS In April 2020, when 59-year-old Jaibir Singh Tomar was summoned in a case of rioting,

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Two years after Delhi violence, what explains the police’s continued ‘defence of the accused’? #IndiaNEWS
In April 2020, when 59-year-old Jaibir Singh Tomar was summoned in a case of rioting, he called up his brother, who was posted with the Delhi Traffic Police at the time. “My brother said that I was being called because of the riot cases, that they would interrogate me and let me go,� recalled Tomar, who is accused of murder, rioting and other serious offences during the communal violence that ravaged North East Delhi in February 2020.When he went to the Dwarka police station, Tomar tried telling the investigating officer that his brother was in the Delhi Police. “The investigating officer had even worked as my brother’s senior,� he said. “So I tried to tell him but he did not listen.�The officer only found out the connection after he was arrested. “He got annoyed and said [my brother] should have called him up earlier and that he had come too late,� Tomar recounted.Still, life in Mandoli jail was made easier. He was allowed more visitors during the “mulaqat� or meetings with people outside, for instance. “Only one person is allowed but because of my brother three people were sent,� said Tomar. “First my wife, then my son-in-law and then he [his brother]. I...Read more

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