New Delhi: A delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Sunday met senior police officials and expressed concern over the arrest of "innocent people" following the Jahangirpuri violence, the prominent Muslim body said in a statement. It conveyed to the police officials that a particular community is being targeted by using the term "stone pelters".
In a statement, the Jamiat said the police department and its senior officials should play a responsible role and stop "targeting" a particular community. The poor and the needy should be given a chance to restart their business, it said. The delegation also demanded that the police administration play a proactive role in addressing the fear and anxiety prevalent among the residents. The Jamiat delegation distributed 500 Eid kits among the needy in Jahangirpuri and vowed to rehabilitate the affected shopkeepers.