Delhi: 12 acquitted in 2015 murder, court pulls up police
The woman, Shugra Begum, was shot in the head when a group of men tried to confront AAP polling agent Haji Yameen in Nehru Vihar on February 7, 2015. December 22, 2020 7:12:06 am
Nijjar was arrested at the Delhi airport on Tuesday in connection with a case filed in 2019. (Representational)
Pulling up police for its “lackadaisical attitude”, a Delhi court Monday acquitted 12 men accused of killing a 62-year-old woman while confronting an Aam Aadmi Party polling agent over allegations of bogus votes being cast during the 2015 Assembly elections.
The woman, Shugra Begum, was shot in the head when a group of men tried to confront AAP polling agent Haji Yameen in Nehru Vihar on February 7, 2015. Yameen’s son Imran called the police when he saw the group, allegedly armed with pistols and hurling abuses, outside his house. The prosecution told the court that they were trying to confront