Delhi riots: 26 ex-DGPs show support for cops

September 19, 2020 11:09

After ten former IPS officers, including ex-Mumbai Police commissioner Julio Ribeiro, questioned Delhi Polices probe into Delhi riots cases,and accused them of implicating anti-CAA protesters while being lenient to others associated with the ruling party, another group of ex-IPS officers has come out in support of the city police.

In a statement issued on Friday, 26 retired IPS officers said that they were surprised at the conduct of a few fellow ex-police personnel who support such kind of anti-India expression and communal narrative. They referred to some controversial slogans allegedly raised by former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other serious charges. Khalids arrest last Sunday in the riots case has been criticised by many social activists, who have accused Delhi Police of targeting anti-government voices.

The 26 former police officers said, The Delhi Police has every right and duty to investigate the role of any such persons, and custodial investigation is a part of due process of law. The accused has his rights under the law to seek anticipatory bail or regular bail, as the cause may be, and the right to a fair trial where he can prove himself innocent."

Former Delhi Police commissioner RS Gupta, former UP DGPs RN Singh and Bhanu Pratap Singh, ex-DGPs of Bihar SK Bhardwaj and Ramesh Chandra Sinha, former Maharashtra DGP Praveen Dixit, ex-DGP of Tripura BL Vohra and former Kerala DGP S Gopinath are among the 26 ex-IPS officers who have signed the statement.

Last week, noted former IPS officer Ribeiro wrote a letter to Delhi Police chief SN Shrivastava, requesting him to look into the North-East Delhi riots probe and make sure it was impartial. Riberio told the Delhi Police chief that police have failed to act against those who made hate speeches that led to the riots.

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