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This review is based on a PDF of the ‘book’ (Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story) which went viral after the publishers withdrew, because the PDF was widely circulated on social media - presumably by the book’s supporters, who believed its message must be spread far and wide. The review (Sifting Evidence) is largely in tabular form, which makes for a quick read.

We have gathered here today to express our collective anguish at the sheer brazenness with which the Delhi police has turned the investigation into the February violence in Delhi into an inquisition of the anti-CAA protests. Just two days ago, Umar Khalid was taken into custody and booked under UAPA and several other criminal sections, thereby adding to the list of anti-CAA protestors languishing behind bars. He is among the soaring young voices who have risen up in defense of the Constitution, at the service of truth, and are today prisoners of conscience.

Writer and Activist Rahila Gupta on Political Blackness. Meet-ups are run by Ali Malik.
Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist and writer. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and New Humanist among other papers and magazines. Her books include, “Enslaved: The New British Slavery”; “From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters”; “Provoked”; and “Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong” (Playdead Press, 2013). She is co-authoring a book with Beatrix Campbell with the title “Why Doesn’t Patriarchy Die?”

We approach you as the Head of the Delhi police to express our deepest concern over reports which allege bias in the investigation by the Delhi police in the North East Delhi violence cases. This tragedy, which occurred between 23rd -26th, February 2020, took 53 lives and injured scores of others, is a matter of grave shame for our country.