Thread by @rahulpandita

The poison, the sudden breakdown of an increasingly cautious trust, and the breach of an ordinary man’s confidence in a policeman’s uniform — my dispatch from Northeast Delhi
openthemagazine.com/cover-story/ha…

Here’s a thread on people mentioned in my dispatch. This is the torched Captain Katora restaurant run by Kamal Sharma in Bhajanpura.

Rais Ahmed, whose e-rickshaw showroom is 100 metres away from Captain Katora describes how he saved himself that day.

Noore Khan outside what was once his home.

This is Lala, who was attacked by a Muslim mob outside Bharat diary in Moonga Nagar

Gokul Chandra Bharadwaj, the priest of a small temple in Moonga Nagar in front of stones that landed on his house on February 25.

The cashier of Arun Public School in their main office which was burnt down by a mob on Feb 25.

Sanjay Kaushik, distributor of cooking oil, lost everything. The mob burnt down his office and home and ran away with cash and jewellery.

The damage inside Farooqiya madarsa after a mob attacked it on the night of Feb 25.

The broken CCTV camera that the residents allege were broken by the police outside Farooqiya mosque.