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 »Delhi police denounce cover of ‘witnesses’ to secret riots
New Delhi: It is a mistake that could cost careers, if not lives. The Delhi Police Special Cell has (inadvertently?) Included in its voluminous charge sheet in the Delhi riots ‘conspiracy’ case providing the full names and addresses of 15 ‘public witnesses’ whose identities Police say they require protection. In …
Read More »Delhi Riots: Police File 10,000 Page Charge Sheet Against 15 Defendants Under UAPA And Other Sections
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 8:07:45 pm More than 53 people were killed and more than 200 injured after communal clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between supporters of the citizenship law and protesters spiraled out of control. …
Read More »17,000-page charge sheet names only anti-CAA protesters
The Delhi riots in February this year left 53 dead, 200 injured and hundreds homeless. New Delhi: Fifteen people, all linked to protests against the center’s controversial new citizenship law and none from the campaign in its favor, have been named by police in a comprehensive charge sheet filed for …
Read More »Delhi Riots Case: Former JNU Student Umar Khalid Arrested Under UAPA
Written by Mahender Singh Manral | New Delhi | Updated: September 14, 2020 4:25:12 am Police are likely to file a charge sheet against Umar Khalid in the coming days, the source said. The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid under the strict …
Read More »P Chidambaram’s mockery of Delhi riots in charge sheet row: Delhi Police Forgot
The supplementary charge sheet was presented two days before the start of the parliament session (Archive) New Delhi: Delhi police have “ridiculed” the criminal justice system by mentioning the names of CPIM leader Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj Abhiyan and other academics in a defendant’s disclosure statement, attached to …
Read More »Yechury, others beaten in riot investigation, Delhi police respond
New Delhi: General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury criticized the Delhi police investigation into the February riots, in which several students and civil liberties activists have been arrested. Friday evening, The wire reported that intellectuals and political party leaders, including Yechury, Swaraj leader Abhiyan Yogendra …
Read More »Labor Rights Activists and Artists Questioned by Police Criticize Delhi Riots Investigation
New Delhi: Since the riots in northeast Delhi in February that killed 53 people, Delhi police have summoned several people in an attempt to investigate the “conspiracy” behind the violence. Among those questioned are four labor rights activists. Khajuri Khas, where the four activists were most vocal during protests against …
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