Police were not

The Deputy Commissioner of Police Hussain Waheed has said that the Police Force were not emotional on 8 February 2012.

He said that it is possible, however, that a few Officers were ‘emotionally charged’ on that day.

Waheed said that he respects the Human Rights Commission’s (HRCM) report, despite its description that Police Officers were emotionally charged on 8 February.

“I don’t believe that we have ever acted out in emotion,” he said.

HRCM accused some Police Officers of being ‘emotionally charged’ during the unrest on 8 February, which resulted in several human rights violations against members of the public.

Waheed said that the outcome of that day would have been much worse if all Police Officers had been emotionally charged.

He reiterated that the Police will never be emotional.

“We will never be emotional; it is not a word in our vocabulary,” he said.