Folded Arms of Law: Delhi Police Slammed For Not Stopping Gunman

Images show Delhi police standing with folded hands as an armed man fire a gun at anti-CAA protesters outside Jamia.

Delhi Police stood, arms folded, and at a distance while an armed man fired at a group of anti-CAA protesters outside Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University on Thursday, 30 January, eyewitnesses recount. The gunman injured a student and calmly walked away, waving the firearm above his head and shouting “Yeh lo aazadi”.

Aamna Asif, a third-year Economics (Hons) student at Jamia Millia Islamia, who was with the injured student, Shadab when this transpired, narrated her chilling experience to The Quint.

“This armed man was there, walking towards Holy Family Hospital, where all the barricading and police was there. We started shouting, asking the police for help to stop this guy. And the police were just standing there and watching. We tried to calm him down, but he fired. He fired randomly, and it hit Shadab’s hand.”

The armed man was subsequently overpowered by the police and taken into custody but the images that have surfaced of the Delhi Police standing in the background with folded hands has raised many questions.

What kind of police force is Amit Shah running? Delhi police is standing idly by as a man shoots at peaceful protestors.

Is this what BLP leaders like MoS Finance, Anurag Thakur intended? Creating an armed militia of radicalised youth. #BJPkaGodseRajhttps://t.co/Mumo2dOEhZ

— Congress (@INCIndia) January 30, 2020

The conduct of Delhi Police is speaking for itself.

The police fired tear gas shells at the unarmed students of #JamiaMilliaIslamia inside the library of the campus but is standing like bystander here, when just one single man is brandishing gun, doing absolutely nothing. https://t.co/PFLfKPJAiZ

— Rituraj Purohit (@rituraj_prht) January 30, 2020

Delhi Police Delhi Police
against students against terrorist pic.twitter.com/seUfKHIddj

— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) January 30, 2020

The real story isn't the violent man brandishing a gun in the foreground but the undisturbed Delhi cops casually watching him threaten protestors inside a university in the background. pic.twitter.com/Omt7eRDcK2

— Kyalane Karthik (@kookykarthik) January 30, 2020

Look at the body language of the police in this photograph.
They are bystanders but they are not innocent. pic.twitter.com/5PGnWkKs9H

— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) January 30, 2020

This photo by Reuters photographer @dansiddiqui captures the attitude of Delhi Police when a gun-wielding man opened fire at #Jamia today pic.twitter.com/XeGAedoiFv

— Niha Masih (@NihaMasih) January 30, 2020

Look at the Delhi police, with arms folded, waiting for the man to turn around and show his face so they can verify kahin khud Anurag bhaiyya toh nahin hain. pic.twitter.com/PYKEoC0Zk1

— Aisi Taisi Democracy (@AisiTaisiDemo) January 30, 2020

On death anniversary of Gandhi, a man comes with a gun and shoots students in full public view

BJP controlled Delhi Police stands behind & watches him. Earlier, BJP leaders raised slogans of Goli Maaro. This party can burn the whole nation for politics.pic.twitter.com/EQify158Ji

— Dhruv Rathee (@dhruv_rathee) January 30, 2020