“Police’s arrival instigated the mob”: At Delhi’s Palestine solidarity event, chaos, police unaccountability and the wages of India’s corrupted stance on Israel

A peaceful pro-Palestine rally at Delhi’s Nehru market was rocked by a hyper-nationalist mob of intruders. As tensions escalated, Delhi police first stood by and watched, and then closed in on the protestors to detain and charge them. One reporter saw it all.
“Police’s arrival instigated the mob”: At Delhi’s Palestine solidarity event, chaos, police unaccountability and the wages of India’s corrupted stance on Israel
Mouli Sharma

Mouli Sharma is a scholar of religion at Jamia Millia Islamia and a freelance journalist from New Delhi. She is a photojournalist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in Feminism in India, Nivarana, and Think Global Health. She is the editor-in-chief of the student-run news site, The Voice Express.

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