HC asks Karat to hand over FIRs for independent probe

THE Delhi High Court on Monday asked CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat to submit copies of FIRs as she sought an independent probe into the alleged excessive use of force by police personnel during the 2020 riots that broke out in the national capital.

- JAISON WILSON

Asking Karat to file the record electronic copies of the FIRs in relation to the Delhi riots which she sought to transfer to an independent body for investigation, the court placed the matter for further hearing on August 7.

“Please file a copy of FIRs in which you want us to direct an independent probe. Place it on record. (List on August 7) to enable the petitioner to place on record copies of subject FIRs,” a division bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul said.

Besides Karat’s petition, several pleas seeking FIRs against several political leaders for allegedly delivering hate speeches were also listed before the high court which directed all cases to be heard on the same date.