Despite the recommendations of Justice Sachar Committee regarding recruitment of Muslims in the state police and paramilitary forces, it seems that most of the states are not taking it seriously. An RTI reveals that Muslim representation in police departments is very low in the states like Rajasthan and Jharkhand. There are only 930 Muslims in 773 police stations in Rajasthan while 616 are posted in 417 police stations in Jharkhand.
Gujarat, given to its all anti-Muslim activities, tops the list with 5021 Muslims in its 501 police stations. The figure in Kerala is better too. It has 2210 Muslims in 451 police stations. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, where Muslims constitute more than 10 per cent of the population in each state, did not provide their details.