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AAP sets up relief camps, committee to monitor hate speech

Makes arrangements for survivors to file compensation claims with ease

 

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has stepped up its relief efforts across some of the worst affected areas in the region. One such camp has been set up at the Chhoti Eidgah area in the Mustafabad neighbourhood.

 

 

Some 200 people who have lost everything in the riots have found shelter in relief camps, where AAP has also made arrangements for them to file compensation claims.  

 

 

In fact, the mother of Faizan, one of the young men seen lying grievously injured and forced to sing the national anthem by police personnel, and who subsequently succumbed to his injuries on February 26, was seen receing a relief cheque of Rs 1 lakh. The total amount of compensation sanctioned for her is Rs 10 lakhs and the balance will be handed over to her after submission of the report in the case related to her son’s death.

 

 

Those who will to donate money for relief efforts can do so here:

 

 

The Delhi government has also constituted a Committee on Peace and Harmony to help check the spread of hate and rumours, as both fuel violence and lead to loss of lives across community line.

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In a series of tweets, AAP spokesperson and MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “We have found several cases where social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp have been misused to spread hate and rumours. There are provisions in the law to tackle such instances of spreading enmity between two communities and now the committee has agreed to make spreading hateful messages using social media punishable by a three-year prison term.” He added, “If you have a screenshot of such messages, please approach the committee, so we can look into it and take legal action against the perpetrator.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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