New Delhi: Three days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at over half a dozen premises linked to suspended AAP leader Tahir Hussain, the financial probe agency on Friday once again raided his home here in connection with its money laundering probe. According to ED sources, the agency sleuths carried out searches at […]
Tag: Delhi Violence
Umar Khalid, 2 Jamia students booked under UAPA for Delhi violence
New Delhi: Delhi Police have booked former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid and two Jamia Millia Islamia students under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with inciting violence in the national capital’s northeast area in February this year, a lawyer said on Tuesday. Widespread violence between people supporting the Citizenship […]
Police played communal role in Delhi violence, petitioners tell HC
New Delhi: An affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court in connection with a batch of petitions relating to the Delhi violence claims that “the police played a communal role in encouraging, abetting, supporting, protecting and aiding the assailants.” “The victims speak in one voice: that the police played a communal role in encouraging, abetting, […]
Ankit Sharma’s killer to be revealed soon: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Investigative agencies have received a video of the killing of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma from the people of the locality and soon the name of his killer will be revealed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Shah said that after the riots the government put up advertisements […]
Delhi riots: ED books AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, PFI in PMLA case
New Delhi: In more trouble for suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, who has been arrested in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has registered a case against him and the PFI for money laundering and funding of riots in Delhi. A […]
Delhi violence: HC directs hospitals to dispose unclaimed bodies
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed government hospitals — where bodies of unidentified victims of northeast violence were lying in mortuaries — to dispose bodies in two weeks after getting their details published in newspapers. A division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar directed that the respondents (Delhi Police) should call […]
Riots in northeast Delhi were ‘planned’: Report
New Delhi: A fact-finding report by a group of intellectuals has claimed that the northeast Delhi violence was a “planned conspiracy” and demanded an NIA inquiry. The report also recommended rehabilitation for all victims and urged the central government to initiate confidence-building measures. The report ‘Delhi Riots 2020 — Report from Ground Zero’ by Group of […]
Shahrukh, who pointed gun at police, sent to judicial custody
New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday sent Shahrukh Khan, who brandished gun at a police head constable during the violence in Delhi’s northeast area, to 14 day judicial custodys. He was presented the Karkardooma court at the end of his three-day remand period amidst high security. The police has yet not been able to […]
Court extends Shahrukh Khan’s police custody by 3 days
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended the police custody of Shahrukh Khan, who pointed gun at a police head constable during the violence in Delhi’s North-East area, by three more days. He was presented before Duty Magistrate Vijay Shri Rathore at the end of his four-day remand period amidst high security. A video of […]
48-hour ban on Malayalam channels over Delhi riots coverage
New Delhi: The government has ordered two leading Malayalam news channels to suspend telecast for 48 hours over their coverage of the recent anti-CAA riots in Delhi. The action comes over alleged violation of certain provisions of the Cable Television Nework Rules, 1994 separately by the two channels. In accordance with the orders of the Ministry […]