– The mob has specifically targeted certain prominent Hindus in the area.
– That the entire incident qualifies to be a riot against the state with the motive of reducing the faith of common people in the State.
– It could be seen from the FIRs and certain interactions with the victims, that Local people were also involved in carrying out this riot. The committee is of the opinion that the locals were not only involved in execution but were also aware about it in advance.
– Despite attempts being made to project the same as political rivalry, it was undoubtedly communally motivated. The Committee is of the opinion that based on the kind of houses that have been attacked and people who have been targeted, the motive of the riots could also be fear mongering so as to change the demography and turn the area into a Muslim majority one.
– The Committee is of the opinion that SDPI and PFI are involved in planning and execution of this incident.
The Committee has a set of recommendations to the State Government:
– All the costs that have been incurred by the State and private persons have to be recovered by attaching the property of the rioters.
– The pattern of the riots is common with that of Delhi and Sweden. Therefore, it is imperative for the state to investigate the incident holistically and not consider them to be isolated and local.
– The funding received by individuals and religious extremist organisations who are involved in anti-social activities be tracked and continuously monitored by involving the NIA.
– Potential areas that might face such communal tensions must be identified by the Police in advance and short-term and long-term plans must be made to curb such tensions.
– Cyber dome must be established so as to ensure that Social Media is not used for hate mongering against any religion, race, class, sect etc.
– It is recommended that drug menace be curbed with iron fists.
– It is further recommended that intelligence generation mechanisms have to be strengthened by the Police at various levels so as to prevent the occurrence of any such riots.
– With the abolition of Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000, a mechanism has to be evolved to prevent and prosecute derogatory, abusive and hate content targeting any religion, race, class, organisation or sect of people.
