New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Five years since the 2020 Delhi riots, families who lost loved ones, homes, and livelihoods remain trapped between grief and an unfulfilled promise of justice. Their stories reflect not just personal tragedies but the scars that remain.
From a 58-year-old father of three who was blinded to the parents of a five-year-old born in the middle of the mayhem, from a mother who clung on to her son when the mob reached their doorstep to an Intelligence Bureau staffer who was brutally assaulted and whose body was dumped in the drain, the violence changed the lives of many people.
After the riots, the government announced compensation of Rs.10 lakh to families of those who were killed, Rs.5 lakh to those who suffered permanent...