No Evidence To Indicate Role Of Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra & Parvesh Verma In Delhi
No Evidence To Indicate Role Of Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra & Parvesh Verma In Delhi Riots: Delhi Police Tells Delhi HC
M.U.H
15/07/2020559
The Delhi Police has submitted an affidavit before the Delhi High Court claiming that no evidence has surfaced so far to indicate any role played by BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma in either instigating or participating in the Delhi Riots.
The affidavit sworn by Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Legal Cell(Police Head Quarters) also stated that if any evidence is found linking the alleged offensive speeches with riots, appropriate FIRs would be filed immediately.
The affidavit is submitted before the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in response to a batch of writ petitions seeking registration of FIRs in respect of statements which allegedly instigated riots in North Eastern parts of Delhi during the last week of February.
The Crime Branch has further submitted that 751 criminal cases under various provisions of Indian Penal Code, Arms Act and Prevention to Damage of Public Property Act, UAPA have already been registered as well as three SITs headed by DCPs have been constituted to investigate heinous cases.
The affidavit further claims that the prima facie investigation has revealed that the said riots did not occur due to any "sporadic or spontaneous violence" but appears to be a part of a well thought of "conspiracy to destabilise the harmony in the society".
While arguing that the Petitioners are attempting to achieve some 'undisclosed agenda', the Crime Branch has submitted that the riots were carefully engineered and funded by 'mischievous elements' and 'fringe groups', who, in pursuit of their motivated hidden agendas, instilled a false fear and panic in the minds of a section of society and instigated them to take law and order in their hands and resort to violence.