Indian police have arrested 514 people for deadly Hindu-Muslim violence that broke out in the capital. Police said the toll from days of blood-letting stood at 35, but local media, citing unnamed sources, said it was likely to be more than 40. The city has been under misery eversince the citizenship law amendment was passed that violated the religious beliefs based on human rights. Police are still searching drains and homes that were burnt down for bodies, officers said. More forces had been deployed at mosques in the area for the weekly Friday prayers, the government said. There had been no new violence since Wednesday morning, it said in a statement late on Thursday.
But who is to blame for all this chaos?
Critics of the government however blamed this week’s violence on members of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was trounced in local Delhi elections at the beginning of the month. The BJP has denied the allegations. Ultimately, the violence morphed into street battles between Hindu and Muslim groups with the police largely ineffective in controlling the situation. To read more from ProperGaanda: Abhinandan and Humayun Saeed make guest appearance in Ehd-e-wafa’s final episode