[Marxistindia] Delhi Police Misleading Court

[news from the cpi(m)]

October 15, 2020

Press Release

CPI(M) Polit Bureau Member, Brinda Karat, has addressed a letter to  
Commissioner of Police, Delhi, Shri SN Srivastava drawing his  
attention to inaccuracies in the police account of those who were  
killed in the communal violence in Delhi in February 2020. The letter  
sent this morning, is being released to the press.


CPI(M) Central Committee Office

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The Commissioner of Police
Delhi

Shri S,N,Srivastava ji,

I write to draw your attention to a serious inaccuracy in the police  
account of the number of those killed in the communal violence in  
February in north-east Delhi. In various affidavits before the court  
and in public statements made by the Delhi police officials from time  
to time the number of those killed has been put at 53. These include  
those registered earlier as “unknown” but who were later identified by  
the police.

However one of those killed Sikander s/o Muhammed Mullak (illegible)  
has not been included in the list. He was killed on 27-2-2020. In his  
inquest papers (quoted in the post mortem report no 435/2020,) it is  
stated “ “alleged history of being found in unconscious state below  
flyover Khajuri chowk on 27/2 at 11.30 am following which the  
individual was brought to GTB (illegible) where he was declared  
brought dead..” However he was not identified till March19 by his  
brother Md. Ishfaque.  After the identification, the original DD as  
unknown DD 39 A dated 27/2 was registered on 19/3 under the name of  
Sikander. In other words in police records Sikander has been  
identified as victim, by name on 19/3.

The postmortem report shows that he died of serious head injuries.

Sikander’s brother Md. Ishfaque has made numerous visits to the  
Khajuri Khas police station to ask for a copy of the FIR. However he  
has been told that no FIR has been filed. One of the police personnel  
reportedly said that “ the compensation will be managed” and his name  
“adjusted” in the list.

The family has been through terrible trauma. Ishfaque’s shop in  
Bhajanpura was burnt and looted. His sister’s home in Ghonda was  
attacked and looted.  And the youngest sibling Sikander was killed.  
Instead of treating the family with sympathy, the Delhi police by not  
registering Sikander as a victim has worsened their plight.

This is to request you to immediately intervene to (1) correct the  
list of numbers of those killed given to the High Court and include  
the name of Sikander, which makes it 54 killed (2) to give a copy of  
the FIR to Sikander’s family (3) to take action against those police  
personnel responsible for the inaccuracy and harassment of the  
victim’s family.


Yours Sincerely,

Sd/-

Brinda Karat