Fear of police least among upper caste Hindus, Muslims, most among Sikhs

Upper-caste Hindus fear the police the least, are most likely to have a favorable opinion of them and are least likely to be contacted by them, according to a new study by a think tank and an NGO.

 

Among Hindus, 18% of scheduled caste (SC) respondents reported being the most fearful of police, said the ‘Status of Policing in India 2018’, released in May 2018 by Common Cause, an NGO, and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).

 

This fear