During the course of the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi, a video allegedly showing a group of men being assaulted by police went viral. One of them, Faizan, died on February 28, 2020.
No Progress in Probe, Delhi HC Takes Note of Plea by Mother of Victim in National Anthem Video
The video, which showed five men writhing in pain, while they were being beaten with batons by police who had asked them to sing the National Anthem, had gone viral.
Muslim men who were beaten and forced to sing the National Anthem by the Delhi police. Photo: Video screengrab
Rights24/Dec/2020
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has directed the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch to file a status report on the investigation into the death of the Muslim man who was seen in a video being beaten by police personnel who had asked him and others to sing the National Anthem during the February riots.