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Violence in parts of northeastern Delhi in late February left more than 50 dead (Archive)
New Delhi:
The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, and the leader of Swaraj Abhiyan, Yogendra Yadav, are among the people whose names appear in a disclosure statement of a defendant in the riots that broke out in Delhi in February related to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. or CAA, according to a supplemental charge sheet submitted by the Delhi Police.
Others who have been named in the defendants’ disclosure statement include economist Jayati Ghosh, University of Delhi Professor Apoorvanand, and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy.
“It is worth mentioning that the disclosure statement has been truthfully recorded as narrated by the accused. A person is not prosecuted as a defendant solely on the basis of a disclosure statement. However, it is only on the existence of evidence. Sufficient corroboration. Legal action is taken. The matter is currently in court, “Delhi police said in a statement.
Jawaharlal University students Nehru Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal and University student Jamia Millia Islamia Gulfisha Fathima are indicted in a case related to the violence in Delhi’s Jaffrabad, from where it spread to other parts of northeast Delhi in February. All three face charges under the Illicit Activity (Prevention) Act.
The violence in parts of northeastern Delhi from February 23 to 26, after weeks of protests against the CAA and the National Registry or Citizens or NRC, left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured, many of them with gunshot wounds.
Mr Yechury tweeted criticizing the Delhi police for taking “illegitimate and illegal” actions under the command of the “top leadership of the BJP”.
“The Delhi police are under the Ministry of the Interior and the Center. Their illegitimate and illegal actions are a direct result of the policy of the main leaders of the BJP. They are afraid of the legitimate peaceful protests of the main political parties and are making a misuse of state power to attack the opposition. ” Yechury tweeted today.
Hate speech videos are recorded of those who instigated the violence that killed 56 people in Delhi. The person who led violent mobs at JNU is also on video. The BJP government and the Delhi police underneath it cannot see them because they are bent on destroying our democracy …
– Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) September 12, 2020
“Illegal BJP intimidation will not prevent people from opposing discriminatory laws like CAA. Claiming that all Indians are equal regardless of religion, caste, color, creed, region, gender and political affiliations is not just our right, but our duty. We will exercise it, “he tweeted.
Yadav also tweeted that media reports referring to him or Mr. Yechury as “co-conspirators” were “factually incorrect”.
“The supplemental charge sheet does not mention me as a co-conspirator, not even as a defendant. A passing reference to me and Yechury, in an unauthenticated (not court admissible) police statement from a defendant. Harassed until proven his innocence is correct. Delhi police are trying to drag all CAA protesters into the ring of conspirators. My only clarification is that so far the Delhi police have not formally named me or Yechuri as conspirators or defendants “Yadav tweeted.
Harassed until proven innocent. Delhi police are making a big effort to drag all CAA protesters into the ring of conspirators.
My only clarification is that the Delhi police have so far not formally named me or Yechuri as conspirators or defendants. https://t.co/fNEmyPotMo– Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) September 12, 2020
Disclosure on the supplemental charge sheet comes two days before the monsoon session of parliament begins.
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