Another communal riot on our hands?

  Sep 3 2006  | Views 109 |  Comments  (0) Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Sunday transferred the case of a Sikh youth, who alleged his hair was forcibly cut, to Crime Branch even as it appealed to people not to play into the hands of people who are trying to communalise the issue.
Twenty four-year-old Harpreet Singh alias Sonu alleged on Saturday that his hair were cut by some persons who barged into his Tilak Nagar residence on Friday. However, the police has described the entire episode as a case of robbery and denied any religious overtone in the matter.
One person has been arrested in this case. With protests in some areas, the police issued an appeal to Delhiites "not to fall into the trap of people who are trying to communalise the issue".
A low profile protest was reported from Bhogal in South Delhi.
Additional police forces have been deployed in Tilak Nagar area, a police official said adding there were no protests in the area on Sunday morning. Hundreds of Sikhs marched to the Tilak Nagar police station last night alleging that the authorities have not arrested the culprits despite Harpreet naming them. Some vehicles were also attacked and police used teargas to disperse the crowd.
I see a full-blown communal riot in the making, unless we've grown up and I wasn't told about it.
The riot won't happen because they're angry. The riot will happen because it's been too long since a riot happened, because it's time for a riot.
Sad.
India... sigh.
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