New Delhi: Hours after Delhi police completed a 15-hour raid on his Nizamuddin West office, defender Mehmood Pracha alleged that the raids were carried out at the behest of the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah. Pracha – WHO has been fighting the cases of large numbers of victims of the …
Read More »‘No Progress in Probe’, Delhi HC takes note of victim’s mother’s plea in ‘National Anthem’ video
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Police Crimes Division to submit a status report on the investigation into the death of the Muslim who was seen on video being beaten by police personnel who had asked him and others to sing the National Anthem during February …
Read More »‘Ishrat Jahan beaten, abused and her clothes torn in prison’ says her family
At the hearing, which was attended by Ishrat’s sister Sarwer, said that additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat of the Karkardooma court took note of the episode and ordered that immediate measures be taken to ensure her safety. “The judge asked for a status report from the jail superintendent at 10 …
Read More »BKU (Ugrahan) will seek the release of ‘rights activists’, accused of riots in Delhi
Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar | Amritsar | Updated: December 10, 2020 10:28:29 am The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) plans to demand the release of several “intellectuals and human rights activists” on Thursday Human Rights Day. (Express file photo of Amit Mehra) Despite the farmers ‘unions’ decision to maintain their …
Read More »Delhi Riots: By Granting Bail To Activist Gulfisha Fatima, Court Says She Has No Flight Risk
Written by Anand Mohan J | New Delhi | Updated: November 21, 2020 9:30:05 pm Gulfisha is alleged to have participated in and instigated the illegal assembly that committed riots, in which one man was killed. (Express file) A Delhi court granted bail to an activist student on Saturday Gulfisha …
Read More »Freedom from the cage: a Delhi judge gives bail in verse
Written by Anand Mohan J | New Delhi | Updated: November 8, 2020 7:45:56 am The incident took place on February 25 of this year. Babu was arrested on April 8, after a Satish bailiff identified him at a traffic stop in Maujpur (Getty Images). A Delhi judge relied on …
Read More »Delhi Riots Case | AAP govt. agrees to prosecute Umar Khalid under UAPA
A senior police officer said that the police have received judicial sanction from both the Delhi government and the Union Ministry of the Interior against Mr. Khalid. Police received a judicial sanction from the Kejriwal government against Umar Khalid, a former JNU student leader, in connection with a case related …
Read More »Panel of prominent former judges, senior IAS-IPS officials to independently investigate the Delhi riots
New Delhi: The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former officials who worked with the central government, as well as with different state governments, has formed a committee of six high-level former public officials to create a “contemporary registry of acts of omission and commission ”surrounding the February 2020 …
Read More »Throwing stones, inciting crowds during riots: Delhi government signals ‘police complicity’ videos
Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: October 9, 2020 7:29:33 am The other four videos flagged by the Department of the Interior show men making open threats and calling for violence targeting a particular community. (File photo) On October 5, the Delhi Government Department of the …
Read More »Delhi Riots Case: Umar Khalid Sent Into Judicial Custody Until Oct 22, Parents Can Meet Up
Written by Anand Mohan J | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 1:57:43 pm Umar Khalid, a former JNU student. A Delhi court on Thursday sent former JNU student Umar Khalid, arrested under UAPA charges in a case related to the northeast Delhi riots in February this year, in …
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