The violence was organised and systematic and it appears that the Indian authorities were complicit.
![A Delhi municipal worker stands next to the remains of vehicles, steel cupboards and other materials on a street vandalised during the violence in New Delhi, India on February 27, 2020 [File: AP/Altaf Qadri]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_20058452552085.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Ishita Chakrabarty is a researcher associated with the Quill Foundation, New Delhi.
The violence was organised and systematic and it appears that the Indian authorities were complicit.