I Would've Arrested Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra— Former Delhi Top Cop Ajay Raj Sharma on Delhi Riots

In an interview that will annoy the government, ruffle the feathers of the Delhi Police but strike a chord with the people of Delhi, Ajay Raj Sharma, former Commissioner of Police in Delhi and former Director-General of the Border Security Force, has told Karan Thapar that if he was Police Commissioner he would have immediately arrested Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra.

Mr Sharma also fears that the Delhi Police are becoming communal. The videos of their behaviour during the riots, which are circulating in social media, clearly suggest this. He said Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has faced a tough test but had failed to pass it. He said the police had not handled the Delhi riots effectively and accepts that the history of Delhi Police mishandling situations goes back at least as far as the December incidents in Jamia, if not further.

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