Delhi riots case | Can’t wait endlessly for forensic report, says Delhi High Court
The Hindu
2020 Delhi riots: Delhi High Court says it cannot wait “endlessly” for a forensic report in the case of a man who was allegedly beaten and forced to sing the national anthem.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it cannot wait “endlessly” for a forensic report in the case of a man who was allegedly beaten and forced to sing the national anthem during the 2020 riots, and died as a consequence of his injuries later.
Kismatun, the mother of the deceased man, Faizan, had moved the Delhi High Court in 2020, seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the death of her 23-year-old son. A purported video that surfaced during the riots showed Faizan, along with four young Muslim men, being beaten up by policemen who were forcing them to sing the national anthem.
The petitioner claimed that fatal injuries, suffered by her son due to police beatings, was the reason for his death. She also alleged that police denied him medical treatment, following which he succumbed to the injuries on February 26, 2020.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani has listed the matter for April 3 for in-chamber hearing of a plea for an impartial probe.
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The Delhi police submitted in the court that forensic analysis of video footage was yet to be concluded by the National Forensic Sciences University in Gujarat. The analysis was initially done in Delhi as well.
“I will have to put a stop to the whole forensic examination that is going on in Gujarat. I can’t wait for it endlessly,” the court said adding that the it will not take a view of the forensic report in the case since it must come within a designated time.
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