A senior police officer told The Indian Express that the Crime Branch has questioned over 200 police personnel and scanned a number of documents, including duty charts of the policemen deployed during the riots.
The deceased, Faizan, was seen in a purported video lying injured on the ground as security personnel forced him to sing Vande Mataram and the national anthem during the Northeast Delhi riots.
Inspector Joshi, now posted with EOW, told The Indian Express, “Ensuring on ground deployment at spots prone to communal violence was key in handling the situation.”
A court in Delhi on Monday gave a "last warning" to the prosecution to "wake up" after noting that it did not summon the relevant witnesses in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
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Delhi riots: How suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid together planned the sinister act
The second supplementary charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police in February 2020 riot case has made some sensational disclosure. It said that suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, former JNU student Umar Khalid and activist Khalid Saifi fuellled the violence that took place in northeast Delhi.
According to witness Rahul Kasana, driver of Tahir Hussain, he corroborated the fact that a meeting of minds happened before the riots. He claimed that Tahir had met Umar Khalid and Saifi at Shaheen Bagh on January 8, 2020. He said that Tahir Hussain provided fake bills of manpower supply to launder money for fuelling the riots, according to police. The main charge sheet was filed in June against Hussain and others in the case.