It appears that erroneous judgements, inadequate deployment and absence of swift decisions on the part of police led to northeast Delhi spinning out of control and 42 people being killed in a span of 36 hours. TOI spoke to several police officers whose accounts seemed to suggest this was what happened when riots broke out last Sunday.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/how-cops-lost-the-plot-at-the-outset/articleshow/74421318.cms