India: Very low representation on Muslims in UP police force - news report

Negligible representation of Muslims in UP Police, reveals RTI

Press Trust of India
Feb 10, 2014 at 11:06pm IST

Recent data released by the Uttar Pradesh government about representation of Muslims in Police force flies in the face of the claims made by government and political parties about uplift of the community.

According to the recent data, only two per cent Sub-Inspectors (SI), three per cent Head Constables and four per cent Constables in UP Police are Muslims.

The facts were released by the state government in response to an RTI query moved by social activist Urvashi Sharma.

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