India accuses a U.S. government commission of politicizing communal violence in New Delhi that killed at least 30 and injured scores as President Trump visited. The commission cited accounts that police had not intervened in attacks against Muslims.
A view of burnt buildings and vandalized street in Tuesday's violence in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. More than 20 people were killed in three days of clashes in New Delhi, with the death toll expected to rise as hospitals were overflowed with dozens of injured people, authorities said Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said it was deeply troubled by the violence and cited accounts that police had not intervened in attacks against Muslims, which police and India’s federal government have denied.India’s External Affairs Ministry said the commission’s comments were “factually inaccurate and misleading” and appeared to be “aimed at politicizing the issue.
Most of the violence, however, appeared to be targeting Muslims who complained that while Hindu mobs went on a rampage, the police went missing. Police have denied the allegations. Many people, including Hindus, believe Mishra and his Hindu nationalist supporters stoked the latest riots.
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