Courts give no quarter
The Hindu
Courts have come down heavily on police officers and prosecutors related to Delhi riots probe. Here is a look at some of the scathing orders that grabbed the eyeballs last year
From Delhi Police being pulled up for its ‘lackadaisical approach’, ‘callous attitude’ and ‘confused conduct’ in handling the north-east Delhi riots cases to costs being imposed on the State for prosecutors skipping proceedings and seeking adjournments, there have been several instances where the city courts have rapped the investigating agencies probing the 2020 communal violence. Several directions were issued to senior police officers to address the inefficiencies.
With nearly two years passing since the incident, here’s a look at some of the scathing orders that grabbed the eyeballs last year.
In September, a court had noted that the “failure of the investigating agency to conduct a proper investigation by using latest scientific methods will surely torment the sentinels of democracy”, while discharging former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s brother Shah Alam and two other accused in a case of alleged loot and vandalisation of a shop in the Chand Bagh area.