Delhi Riots: Court Raps Police Over Clubbing FIRs And Implicating Accused Based On 'Manipulated Video', Asks Commissioner To Take Action
Live LawA Delhi Court has recently rapped the Delhi Police over clubbing of six FIRs in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case, observing that the concerned IO “shrugged off” his duty to properly investigate the 6 complaints. It also slammed the Police for implicating an accused on the basis of “manipulated piece of video.” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts referred the matter to the Commissioner of Police to make assessment of the conduct of IO and to take suitable steps. “Thus, it is well apparent that IO literally shrugged off his duty to properly investigate all these complaints and to submit his report based on complete investigation. “Thus, it remains without any doubt that IO did not investigate this case properly and accused herein was falsely implicated in this case on the basis of video Ex.PW16/V-1.