A court in Delhi has directed the police to file an first information report and conduct a “fair, independent and impartial” investigation...
A court in Delhi has directed the police to file an first information report and conduct a “fair, independent and impartial” investigation into a case related to the February communal violence, The Indian Express reported on Monday. The police had closed the case even as the complainant submitted videographic evidence against the accused.
The order was passed by Metropolitan Magistrate Fahad Uddin on November 23. In his complaint, Mohammad Saleem, a resident of Yamuna Vihar, had said that his neighbours Subash Tyagi and Ashok Tyagi had attacked his house on February 24. The Tyagis opened fire and a person identified as Naseer Khan was also shot dead in the incident.
Scroll.in had reported earlier that Saleem had identified 16 men who he alleged were part of the mob that had carried out a “murderous attack” on his home. “They fired at my home…bullet marks still adorn the walls of my home,” his complaint stated. “They also hurled petrol bombs, which we fortunately doused with water just in time.”
In his complaint, Saleem referred to Khan. “As they rained bullets, one of them hit Naseer, who was standing on the road,” he wrote. In the videos, which Scroll.in has reviewed, men armed with rods can be seen hurling verbal abuses and threats, with gunshots...
