NEW DELHI — A Delhi court has ordered the police to file an FIR against several individuals following a Muslim man’s complaint who alleged that he and his family were attacked during the Delhi pogrom in 2020.
In his complaint, the Muslim man Rahees Ahmed alleged that his home was attacked and looted by a Hindutva mob who raised provocative slogans during Delhi riots 2020, reported Muslim Mirror.
Judicial Magistrate First class isra Zaidi of karkardooma Courts noted that Raees Ahmed’s complaint revealed the occurrence of serious and cognizable offences. The judge observed that the complainant had levelled serious allegations involving communal violence, looting, arson and hate speech, naming specific individuals and describing their roles in detail.
The court stated that in such situations, the complainant cannot be forced to pursue justice through a general or unrelated FIR that fails to reflect his specific allegations. It emphasized that serious accusations of this nature should not be diluted or overlooked by merging them with a broader FIR.
This observation came during the hearing of Raees Ahmed’s plea, in which he claimed that he and his family were victims of a deliberate and brutal assault by a mob armed with lathis, iron rods and petrol bombs during the 2020 North-East Delhi pogrom.
Rahees Ahmed alleged that during the 2020 North-East Delhi pogrom, a mob led by individuals like Vinod, Tinku, Aadesh Sharma, and others attacked his home with stones, firearms, and petrol bombs. His house was looted, valuables stolen, and property burned. The mob allegedly entered through the roof, raised communal slogans, and used hate speech to incite violence and spread fear.
One of the accused, Aadesh Sharma reportedly threatened Ahmed with a gun while other accused men chanted slogans like “shoot the traitors” and “Muslims belong to Pakistan or the graveyard.” Ahmed claimed in his FIR that despite reaching out to police, the FIR which was registered was not related to the incident as the police ignored important details.
The court observed that the serious allegations were completely ignored and merged with a different FIR and directed Karawal Nagar SHO, a separate FIR to investigate promptly and submit a compliance report within a week; however the court held that this order does not include immediate arrests.
