In the course of the Stop India Motion, the Shahdara Police Station in Delhi noticed quite a few freedom fighters being detained for conducting protests, strikes and underground actions and brutally interrogated for info. Specifically, it turned infamous for making an attempt to “break the spirit” of its detainees in the event that they refused to supply info to the police.
Over a century since its institution on January 7, 1915, the Delhi Police Tuesday celebrated Shahdara Police Station’s 110 years of service and are wanting to distance themselves from its historical past. They acknowledged the brutal position of the police in suppressing the liberty battle in the course of the colonial rule however insisted that issues have modified now.
“On this momentous event, we pay tribute to all the liberty fighters who have been detained, interrogated, and imprisoned at Shahdara Police Station. Their contributions, sacrifices, and the struggling they endured within the battle for India’s independence are immortalised within the annals of the station’s historical past,” stated DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam. “We additionally acknowledge the transformation that has occurred over the previous 110 years, because the station has advanced to serve the wants of the neighborhood. As we speak, it stands not solely as a logo of resistance but in addition as a contemporary establishment devoted to defending and serving the residents of Delhi.”
The occasion was marked by meals, music, and dancing, with Gautam and Extra CP (Jap Vary) Sagar Kalsi attending the festivities.
The station was established in the course of the British Raj, with its jurisdiction unfold over the Trans-Yamuna area of Delhi. DCP Gautam stated, “The station turned recognized for housing freedom fighters who have been subjected to harsh situations below British rule. Shahdara Police Station’s significance throughout India’s battle for independence goes past mere detention. It turned a logo of the struggling endured by revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives for the nation’s freedom.”
In 2012, The Indian Categorical reported on 100-year-old paperwork from the police station being found after an inspector determined to rifle by way of the previous and yellowed papers left behind in a nook. The paperwork contained police information and inspection studies in regards to the Capital from 1914 to 1944, together with many written, in his personal hand, by Delhi’s first Chief of Police, D S Hadow.
These paperwork, which have been handed over to the Delhi Police Museum for preservation, confirmed an uptick in instances as soon as the liberty battle, particularly the Stop India Motion took maintain. A Superintendent of Police in 1930 recorded the arrest of a bunch of Congress staff for shouting ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogans and for refusing to pay taxes in the course of the Civil Disobedience Motion.
In 1942, policemen have been struggling to include the Stop India protests regardless of the imposition of Part 144. One doc famous 23 individuals being convicted, whereas one other mentions the arrest of a former instructor at Tilak Excessive Faculty.
One more paperwork the extra-judicial killing of three males who have been shot by the police for making an attempt to sabotage a railway line.
A month after the motion began in 1942, individuals have been additionally arrested for giving ‘objectionable speeches’ in villages. A report accommodates the names of all these arrested for this.
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