Delhi Riots: "Police Witness Lying Under Oath", Says Court On Contradictory Statements
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Notably, a Head Constable told the judge on oath in his evidence that he had identified rioters - Vikas Kashyap, Golu Kashyap, and Rinku Subziwala. He is one of the prosecution witnesses.
One of the police witnesses in a north-east Delhi riots case is lying on oath, a Delhi court has said after one policeman identified three alleged rioters but another said that they could not be identified during the investigation.
"This is a very sorry state of affairs," Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav said, seeking a report from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) in this regard.
He made the observations after examination of four prosecution witnesses in the case, pertaining to the February 2020 riots in which 53 people had died and over 700 injured.
Notably, a Head Constable told the judge on oath in his evidence that he had identified rioters - Vikas Kashyap, Golu Kashyap, and Rinku Subziwala. He is one of the prosecution witnesses.