After the tumultuous sequence of events in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri yesterday – a demolition drive (following the communal violence) which did not immediately stop despite a Supreme Court intervention – several editorials in newspapers waxed lyrical about the need for “due process”.
The Times of India called it “extremely troubling” saying authorities “seem to have no qualms using any law or agency for various motives” – in this case, “the subliminal messaging appeared to be payback to ‘rioters’”.
