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Delhi riots: Court frames rioting, attempt to murder charges against man who pointed gun at cop
•While framing the charges, additional sessions judge said it was quite apparent that Shahrukh Pathan led a group of rioters, attempted on Dahiya’s life, obstructed and used criminal force on a public servant on February 24, 2020
Delhi riots: Court frames charges against nine accused, says 'miscarriage of justice' to throw out case over police delay
•The nine accused were allegedly part of the unlawful assembly and caused damage, looted properties worth crores of rupees, burnt a large number of houses, shops, schools, and vehicles on February 25, 2020, as per the police
Delhi violence: Court pulls up police for ‘lackadaisical approach’ towards prosecution of cases
•A city court said that the failure on the part of police officers to take appropriate measures for prosecution of the riot cases is causing "avoidable delay in the trial"
'State anxious to suppress dissent': Delhi HC grants bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita in UAPA case
Fp Staff •The court directed Narwal, Kalita and Tanha to surrender their passports and not to offer any inducement to prosecution witnesses
Delhi violence turns agri woes into law and order issue; distracts from real grievances of farmers
Fp Staff •This isn't the first time in recent history that a citizen-initiated movement has had to face a credibility crisis after a bout of violence. The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in February 2020 faced a similar predicament when riots broke out in Delhi
Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid tells court there is 'vicious' media campaign against him
•During the hearing on Saturday, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad, appearing for the police, denied all the allegations raised by the former JNU student leader
Delhi violence: ED files chargesheet against Tahir Hussain in money laundering case
•The agency was probing the allegation that Hussain and people linked to him laundered funds to the tune of about Rs 1.1 crore to fuel protests against CAA and the subsequent violence
Delhi riots: Court sends Umar Khalid to judicial custody till 22 October in UAPA case
•The Delhi Police, in the FIR, claimed that the violence that occurred in February was a "premeditated conspiracy" allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others
Delhi riots: Police file chargesheet against 15 under UAPA for 'larger conspiracy'
•The 17,000-page chargesheet also includes charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act. Six more of the 21 arrested will be chargesheeted in due course, the police said
'Flawed investigation': Nine retired IPS officers question Delhi Police's probe into northeast riots
Fp Staff •In an open letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner, the retired officers called the investigations and challans submitted by the Delhi Police with respect to the 24 February riots as 'partisan and politically motivated'