Ex-judges, officials write to Kovind against violence

The memorandum, signed by 146 people, said that the “targeted killings” highlight the need for “every right-thinking citizen to observe nonviolence at all costs and respect a democratic process which inherently rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation”.

A group of former judges, bureaucrats, police officers and diplomats have written to President Ram Nath Kovind asking him to take note of alleged targeted political killings in the wake of the election results in West Bengal.

The memorandum, signed by 146 people that include former Chief Justices, DGPs and Ambassadors, including BC Patel, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and Kshitij Vyas, former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, said that the “targeted killings” highlight the need for “every right-thinking citizen to observe nonviolence at all costs and respect a democratic process which inherently rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation”.

The memorandum states that “media reports largely substantiated by eye witness accounts”, “mention murders, rapes, attacks on persons and property, “including by anti-national elements, leading to forced migration of people to shelter homes”. “These reports show unabated attacks after the results of the West Bengal state elections and deficient and inappropriate response of the local administration and police,” it states.

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