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In the guise of probing the Delhi riots conspiracy, the police have been seeking to intimidate anyone who came out to protest in support of the Constitution and against the discriminatory Citizenship Act amendments.

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A student. A food seller. A creative producer. A scientist. All they have in common is that they took part in the anti-CAA protests last winter. Months later, the Delhi Police called them in for questioning in the controversial riots case.

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The civil services aspirant:

"Of course, there were jibes from the police about his religion: “The problem with you Muslims is that you get instigated very easily; you turn to your jihad at the slightest of provocations." https://scroll.in/article/974898/the-civil-services-aspirant-police-threatened-that-they-would-send-me-to-remand">https://scroll.in/article/9...

The communications professional:

"The police made me memorise a statement… what I had to say and all... the line that they had written down for me was ‘yeh sab Rahul Roy ne karwaya tha’ – all of it was orchestrated by Rahul Roy.”

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The social activist:

Abhi iski dande se pitayi karenge.”

A senior officer then walked into the room and told him custodial torture in reality was four times worse than what was shown in films, the activist alleged.

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The scientist:

The police, said Dinesh Abrol, who was willing to be quoted, let the riots happen to “delegitimise the protest”.

“Now they are criminalising it,” he added. “Dissent is being criminalised.” https://scroll.in/article/974903/the-scientist-police-let-riots-happen-to-delegitimise-the-protest-now-they-are-criminalising-it">https://scroll.in/article/9...

The food-seller:

He distributed food at two protest sites. That was his extent of involvement. Still the police turned up.

& #39;If you want to be free, you have to give a statement.’

They would put a lot of pressure on me. I said what they told me to." https://scroll.in/article/974901/the-food-seller-police-said-your-children-will-really-suffer-if-you-dont-speak-up">https://scroll.in/article/9...

The young student:

At one point, the police brought up her religious identity as a Hindu and questioned her support for the protests.

"Yeh sab Musalman milke tumhe pagal bana rahe hain. These Muslims are all fooling you,” she claimed the police said. https://scroll.in/article/974902/the-young-student-am-i-still-in-a-democracy-the-police-made-me-question-my-harmless-intentions">https://scroll.in/article/9...

For background the the police& #39;s conspiracy case, read this: https://scroll.in/article/974904/backgrounder-what-is-delhi-polices-riots-conspiracy-case

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