most had bullet injuries, like mohammed mohsin.t of the protests, but had gone out to buy fodder when he was shot in the chest. the 28—year—old was the father of this baby. we wantjustice, the police killed my son, she told me. who will care for his children now? police say they didn't open fire. they claim that some among the protesters had guns. but that's not all security forces are being accused of. i went to one of the homes allegedly vandalised by the police in the dead of the night. in room after room, hardly anything left unbroken. there was jewellery in this box and cash in the tin — it was all stolen, i'd told. there were many policemen and some people in plain clothes. they told us to go from here and that our house would soon become theirs, she says. "so what if i am a muslim?" "don't i have a right to live in india?" in every locality, we were told of homes that had been ransacked. many here see the police action — and the law — as part of the ruling party's hindu nationalist agenda. the government insist that indian m