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Police Slammed Over Delhi Riots

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: "Shoddy, Callous", Says Court, Slams Police Over Delhi Riots  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfC6goaRi-8 Sep 3, 2021 

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar - September 3, 2021: A furious Delhi court on Friday slammed police in the national capital over a "shoddy", "callous" and "indolent" investigation into the violence that rocked the city in February last year. The Karkardooma court's strong criticism of Delhi Police, which reports to the Union Home Ministry, came as it acquitted three people, including Shah Alam, who is AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain's brother, who had been charged with looting and vandalising a shop in Chand Bagh. (Audio in Hindi)

 

Damning Court Observations Raise Serious Questions on Delhi Police's Riots Probe https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-riots-court-questions-police-probe 
A survey of several bail orders in Delhi riots cases reveals the police's terribly casual and flawed approach.

While granting bail to one Irshad Ahmed, who was alleged to have assisted Tahir Hussain in attacking the houses of Hindus, the Delhi high court made a damning observation that the eyewitnesses in the chargesheet “seemed to be planted”. The so-called eyewitnesses were police constables themselves. The high court noted that though the two police constables claimed that they were at the spot of the crime and identified the accused, they waited for three days to lodge the FIR.

“As per the statement of Constable Pawan and Constable Ankit (both are eye witnesses and were present at the spot), they had identified the petitioner and other co-accused. However, they have not made any complaint on the date of incident, i.e. 25.02.2020, whereas the FIR was lodged on 28.02.2020. Thus, the said witnesses seem to be planted one,” the high court observed.

In the case of Kasim as well, the high court refused to take into account the statements of police witnesses. In the case of Kasim as well, the high court refused to take into account the statements of police witnesses.

The police had arrested student leader Devangana Kalita alleging that she had instigated a mob to resort to violence in a case related to Delhi riots. However, the high court observed that there was no evidence of Kalita instigating violence and that materials produced by the investigating agency only showed that she was participating in peaceful agitations against the CAA.

Delhi riots: No investigation done, says court; gives Faisal Farooq bail https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-riots-no-investigation-done-says-court-gives-faisal-farooq-bail/story-297jXK1dqaDNmbF0UdVGBK.html 
Farooq, however, will continue to stay in jail in connection to another matter in which the Delhi high court had dismissed his bail plea.By Richa Banka, DEC 15, 2020

“It is, however, evident that till June 20, 2020, virtually no investigation had been done in the present matter and after the applicant (Farooq) was admitted to bail in the (first) case, that the statements were hurriedly recorded, the veracity whereof to be tested at the time of trial,” the court said in its order dated December 11. “I refrain from commenting upon the manner in which the case diaries in the matter have been maintained, lest it may prejudice the case of the prosecution,” the judge said in his order.

Delhi riots: Bail to school owner, court says no evidence of PFI link https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-riots-bail-school-owner-pfi-link-6470209/  June 22, 2020 
Faisal Farooq, owner of Rajdhani Public School, was among eight people arrested in a case of rioting outside the school in the Shiv Vihar area on February 24. 

a Delhi court has observed that the police “chargesheet is bereft of material showing the links of applicant with PFI, Pinjra Tod group and Muslim clerics”.

The court also said “it is prima facie not established that the applicant was present at the spot at the time of incident”.

Wastage Of Tax-Payers' Money & Judicial Time : Court Raps Delhi Police Over 'Shoddy' Riots Case Probe -10 Quotes
By - Sparsh UpadhyayUpdate: 2021-09-03  https://www.livelaw.in/amp/top-stories/court-raps-delhi-police-over-shoddy-investigation-in-riots-cases-180831

"When history will look back at the worst communal riots since partition in Delhi, it is the failure of investigating agency to conduct a proper investigation by using the latest scientific methods, will surely torment the sentinels of democracy," observed Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav as the Court discharged three accused including Former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain's brother Shah Alam, Rashid Saifi and Shadab.

Delhi Court Discharges Tahir Hussain's Brother Shah Alam And Two Others In Delhi Riot Case Citing Failure Of Investigating Agency To Conduct Proper Investigation https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/breaking-delhi-court-discharges-former-aap-councillor-tahir-hussains-brother-shah-alam-and-two-others-in-delhi-riot-case-180793 

Delhi Police Chargesheet Reads Like Script Of 'Family Man' Series; Communal Narrative Given To CAA Protests: Umar Khalid In Bail Hearing https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/umar-khalid-bail-hearing-delhi-riots-delhi-police-180832 Nupur Thapliyal 3 Sept 2021

"reads like a 9 PM new script of one of those shouting news-channels" and are reflective of the "fertile imagination" of the investigating officer, the lawyer argued.  This is the kind of stuff which is read and peddled, the creation of public opinion in order to substitute the lack of evidence to carry out your objective of unfairly prosecute people when you have no material to do so."

 

Delhi Riots : 'Home Minister is part of conspiracy!' I DELHI VIOLENCE I PRASHANT BHUSHAN I ASHUTOSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjcZtBIlo0   Sept 3, 2021

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 Support for Modi as 'Best Choice for PM' Falls from 66% to 24% in a Year, India Today Poll 16/AUG/2021  Finds https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-prime-minister-adityanath-india-today-poll
The triggering factors for this were inflation and the Union government's handling of the COVID-19 second wave. 

The magazine’s cover indicates that inflation and unemployment are top concerns of an Indian at this point. Within only a span of six months – from 17% in January 2021 – the number of people who think that the economy will “get worse” has grown to 32%.

 

Midweek Matters 28 || Parakala Prabhakar​ https://youtube.com/embed/0RJ2EwIheR8?start=80&end=472 
In this Episode Dr Parakala looks at the contrasting findings of surveys conducted by india Today (Mood of The Nation) and Morning Consult, and shows how they could help us understand BJP's present reluctance to engagement in Bengal, especially with regard to Bhabanipur by-election.   

Morning consult say PM approval 70per cent.. Not really reliable as sample size to small and restricted to literate and interviewed on line.  Link to the portal of Morning Consult: https://morningconsult.com/