This is the fourth part of a series on a civil society report about the Delhi riots in February put together by a team of about 30 young p...
This is the fourth part of a series on a civil society report about the Delhi riots in February put together by a team of about 30 young people who answered the Karwan e Mohabbat’s call for volunteers to run a rescue helpline.
The three days of violence in North East Delhi had left entire neighbourhoods like Shiv Vihar razed to the ground and deserted, thousands displaced, at least 53 killed and an entire community irrevocably shaken. When the violence halted on the February 27, the Citizens Collective for Peace had begun following up on our rescue efforts through legal, medical and psychosocial support, and relief distribution.
We mapped over 3,000 people who were displaced from Shiv Vihar by the violence and were temporarily staying in the safety of locals’ homes in Babunagar, just a few minutes away. This is when we met Ruksana (name changed) and her family huddled in one of the houses.
“What did I do to deserve this?” cried Ruksana, with a toddler in her hand. She had to flee from her home in Shiv Vihar, the epicenter of the violence between Hindus and Muslims in North East Delhi on the night of February 24. She was with her two children and...
