-TheWire.in A free and fair trial would not be possible by a panel of lawyers selected by the Delhi police, the cabinet said. New Delhi: Observing that the courts have already raised serious questions on the fairness of investigations done by the Delhi police in the North East Delhi riot cases, the Delhi cabinet on Tuesday rejected the panel of lawyers recommended by the police. In a meeting called to decide on the...
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Delhi Riots: 270 Eminent Citizens Write to CM Kejriwal Urging Probe by Retired Judge
-TheWire.in The signatories have said that Delhi police have botched up the probe to “conceal the role played by BJP leaders in the communal violence”. New Delhi: Nearly 270 prominent citizens of Delhi have urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to institute an independent probe under a retired judge into the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February this year. Citing six reasons for demanding such a probe, a letter by the citizens...
More »Delhi Riots: Does Delhi police Want To Steer Probe Towards A ‘Particular Direction’? -Shastri Ramachandaran
-Outlook India If Delhi police has done its investigation without fear or favour, why does it want its own prosecutors? Successive governments in India, unlike in China, have been able to get away with a lot. From the Delhi riots of 1984 and the mass killings of 2002 in Gujarat to periodic communal violence and decades of state violence and repression in Jammu & Kashmir, India has escaped being put in the...
More »Satyagraha for access to online classes
-The Hindu 24 students in Attappady village couldn’t attend a single class yet PALAKKAD (Kerala): Twenty-four school students living in a remote village in Attappady staged a day-long hunger strike in front of their houses on Sunday as a last resort to grab the attention of the government to their plight. None of them have been able to attend a single class ever since schools in the State reopened in online mode on...
More »police Joined Rioters During Delhi Violence, Alleges Delhi Minorities Commission’s Fact Finding Report -Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in The 134-page report was released by the commission on July 16 in Delhi. New Delhi: “The police was coordinating with the mob and the mob kept on chanting, ‘Dilli police Zindabad’ (Long Live Delhi police),” says a Delhi Minorities Commission report detailing the communal violence in North-East Delhi in February this year. The Commission has cast serious doubts on the credibility and impartiality of the Delhi police on July 16 while...
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