Firing
19 Apr 1976
- In power
- INC — Delhi Police
- Acted
- Police, Delhi
On 19 April 1976 police fired on residents of the Turkman Gate area of Delhi who were protesting against demolitions. Delhi Police and the Delhi Administration reported six deaths. A police assistant sub-inspector told the Shah Commission that eight had died, then said this was a slip. The Commission found that the firing resulted in at least six deaths and that the authorities had made no elementary inquiry into it. [1]
- 6 killed in the Turkman Gate firing, said Delhi Police and Delhi Administration [1]
- 8 (later withdrawn as a slip) killed in the Turkman Gate firing, said ASI Govind Ram Bhatia, Turkman Gate police post [1]
- at least 6 killed in the Turkman Gate firing, said Shah Commission [1]
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Sources
- 1Shah Commission of Inquiry, Interim Report IIShah Commission of Inquiry, Government of India (copy on Internet Archive), 26 Apr 1978T2 Court