40-year-old dentist Dr Pankaj Narang was allegedly killed in an incident of road rage in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area.
New Delhi:
A senior Delhi Police official faced abusive posts on Twitter yesterday, after she ruled out a communal angle in the alleged murder of 40-year-old dentist Pankaj Narang in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area.
Since Friday, social media was abuzz with rumours that people from a certain community, who were alleged to be migrants from Bangladesh, were involved in beating dentist Pankaj Narang to death late on Wednesday.
Ruling out any communal angle in the matter, Additional DCP (West) Monika Bhardwaj tweeted, "4 juveniles among 9 arrested for murder of Vikaspuri doctor. No religious angle at all, as rumoured by some. We appeal u to maintain peace."
"Out of 9 accused person 5 are Hindu. At the moment of first scuffle, out of 2, 1 was Hindu.The Muslim accused are residents of UP, not Bangladesh (sic)." she tweeted.
Reacting to the tweets by the 2009-batch IPS officer, some Twitter users posted abusive remarks on her account on the micro-blogging site yesterday.
Senior Delhi Police officials said they have taken note of the matter but did not disclose about the further course of action.
Many people on Twitter questioned the necessity of the tweet disclosing details about the religion of the accused persons.
They also alleged that the police has not done proper background check of the accused, and went on to accuse the police of going slow in attending to the distress call in connection with the case.
After the incident which was reported on Thursday, hashtags like #DrPankajLynched and #JusticeForDrNarang started trending on Twitter.
Since Friday, social media was abuzz with rumours that people from a certain community, who were alleged to be migrants from Bangladesh, were involved in beating dentist Pankaj Narang to death late on Wednesday.
Ruling out any communal angle in the matter, Additional DCP (West) Monika Bhardwaj tweeted, "4 juveniles among 9 arrested for murder of Vikaspuri doctor. No religious angle at all, as rumoured by some. We appeal u to maintain peace."
4 juveniles among 9 arrested for murder of vikaspuri doctor. No religious angle at all, as rumoured by some. We appeal u to maintain peace.
- Monika Bhardwaj (@manabhardwaj) March 25, 2016
"Out of 9 accused person 5 are Hindu. At the moment of first scuffle, out of 2, 1 was Hindu.The Muslim accused are residents of UP, not Bangladesh (sic)." she tweeted.
Out of 9 accused person 5 r Hindu.At the moment of first scuffle, out of 2, 1 was Hindu.The Muslim accused r residents of UP ,not Bangladesh
- Monika Bhardwaj (@manabhardwaj) March 25, 2016
Reacting to the tweets by the 2009-batch IPS officer, some Twitter users posted abusive remarks on her account on the micro-blogging site yesterday.
Senior Delhi Police officials said they have taken note of the matter but did not disclose about the further course of action.
Many people on Twitter questioned the necessity of the tweet disclosing details about the religion of the accused persons.
They also alleged that the police has not done proper background check of the accused, and went on to accuse the police of going slow in attending to the distress call in connection with the case.
After the incident which was reported on Thursday, hashtags like #DrPankajLynched and #JusticeForDrNarang started trending on Twitter.
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