Delhi HC to hear petition seeking CBI enquiry into constable Tomar's death

The controversy over the circumstances that led to the collapse of Delhi Police constable Subhash Tomar while he was on duty at India Gate where public protesting the gang rape of a student clashed with the police, has led to legal remedies being sought in the High Court. Tomar died two days later at a hospital. Two petitions – one seeking a CBI enquiry into the circumstances that led to the constable’s death and another seeking quashing of the FIR against eight people who have been implicated in Tomar’s death – will come up in the High Court today. Seeking a CBI enquiry into the “events and circumstances that led to the death” of the constable, the petition cites contradictions between statements made by the Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar at a press conference, holding injuries suffered during clashes responsible for Tomar’s collapse, and that made by two eyewitnesses, who claim he collapsed on his own and not on being attacked by protestors. [caption id=“attachment_578023” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The blame-game of what happened exactly to constable Tomar has not ended. PTI[/caption] However, the post-mortem reportedly confirms that Tomar died due to cardiac arrest caused by injuries he suffered on his chest and neck. The second petition, filed on behalf of the eight people who have been implicated by the Delhi police for constable’s death, urges the court to direct the Delhi Police “to approach the respective mobile service providers to get the mobile locations of all accused persons for the entire day of 23.12.2012 and especially at the time of the constable Tomar’s collapse.” It also seeks the removal of Delhi Commissioner of Police for his “unconstitutional/illegal act of arresting eight innocent youth and continuing to hold that they were picked up from the site of the crime, in spite of proofs….”