After every terrorist attack, they are picked up by the police. They are inevitably Muslims, and there is rarely any outrage in India about such blatant communal profiling.
“This time I was prepared. As expected, they came at 11.30 at night and let us off at 4 am.” That wasn’t the end of the drill. The following two days, Amanullah was summoned by two other police stations, corresponding to the manifold units handling all bomb blasts—the ATS, the Crime Branch and the local police station. On an earlier occasion, he’d even had to present himself before the anti-extortion cell.
Expectedly, the questions were the same. What were you doing on the day of the blasts? Had you gone to Cheetah Camp? Do you know anyone from the Indian Mujahideen? How many times have you been to Pakistan? Why does only your information come to us? Get your house documents.
Amanullah was ready with the answers and documents—the police didn’t bother about them. “The way they ask these questions makes you angry. They treat you like you’re the world’s biggest terrorist. But now I’ve decided I must remain calm. Can’t risk angering them.” More...
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“This time I was prepared. As expected, they came at 11.30 at night and let us off at 4 am.” That wasn’t the end of the drill. The following two days, Amanullah was summoned by two other police stations, corresponding to the manifold units handling all bomb blasts—the ATS, the Crime Branch and the local police station. On an earlier occasion, he’d even had to present himself before the anti-extortion cell.
Expectedly, the questions were the same. What were you doing on the day of the blasts? Had you gone to Cheetah Camp? Do you know anyone from the Indian Mujahideen? How many times have you been to Pakistan? Why does only your information come to us? Get your house documents.
Amanullah was ready with the answers and documents—the police didn’t bother about them. “The way they ask these questions makes you angry. They treat you like you’re the world’s biggest terrorist. But now I’ve decided I must remain calm. Can’t risk angering them.” More...
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