The Delhi Police has named fifteen individuals as accused in cost sheet filed over the violence that befell in nationwide capital in February this 12 months. The accused have been named for orchestrating the riots that killed at the least 53 individuals and injured tons of.
The cost sheet filed by Delhi police particular cell at Karkardooma Court docket is over 15,000 pages. Packed in metal containers, 2,692 pages of the huge cost sheet specifies the costs towards the accused whereas the remainder pages embody the annexure.
In February, Delhi was shaken up with communal riots, worst in at the least three decade, with clashes between Hindu and Muslim teams in a number of components of the town. Homes had been burnt and damaged into, whereas automobiles had been set on fireplace.
It began as clashes between pro- and anti-Citizenship (Modification) Act teams, additional escalated into communal violence with rioters from each communities, taking to streets armed with swords, stones and weapons.
The fifteen individuals named within the cost sheet have been accused below sections of Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, IPC and Arms Act. For the investigation within the case, the police on Wednesday mentioned they’re counting on WhatsApp chats and name information. Twenty-five Whatsapp teams had been created for every of the protest websites, police mentioned.
“There was an impression that it was an anti- CAA protest however conspirators had been being guided via the protest websites,” mentioned police.
The cost sheet filed by police on Wednesday doesn’t identify Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam as accused in Delhi riots case.
Umar and Sharjeel had been arrested just a few days in the past and their names shall be within the supplementary cost sheet.
