Speeches made by a few Muslim politicians in October 2012, ahead of the
municipal elections, are believed to be at the bottom of the riots in
Dhule on Sunday that saw four killed and over 200 injured, more than
half of them policemen.The police are probing the “context” and “words”
of the speeches and investigating if these could have led to the riots.
“We have inputs of a few Muslim politicians inciting a crowd in Dhule
and allegedly telling them to attack policemen and officers at the next
opportunity. We do not know the reason behind this, but this will be
probed,” Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal said.
According to sources, the politicians were led by Abu Azmi, Mumbai unit
president of the Samajwadi Party. Azmi told The Indian Express: “I
don’t remember the context of the speech made. I would not use words
like these. I said the police are being unfair to Muslims. Innocent men
are being put behind bars. The government should do something. Police
should get punished. This is what I say everywhere and I am sure I said
the same in Dhule in October 2012.”When asked if the police had called
him for questioning, he said, “Nobody has called me yet.”
According to Dayal, Sunday’s violence was intense and spread very
fast.Responding to allegations by the Muslim community that the police
could have avoided firing, Dayal said his men resorted to it after they
were attacked. “Over 113 policemen were attacked, with 48 seriously
injured and admitted. The superintendent has incurred four stitches on
his cheek. ASP and deputy SP were attacked by a mob in a narrow alley
with stones and all sorts of things,” said Dayal.He added that all the
allegations will be probed. An additional district magistrate has been
asked to look into the police firing. The police are also probing
reports of “private firing”
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