An innocent person was brutally murdered, just because of the fact that he belonged to another community, observes the judge
Team Clarion
NEW DELHI – Bail application of a murder accused in February 2020 North East Delhi riots case has been rejected by Delhi’s Karkardooma Court. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav observed on Monday that an innocent person was brutally murdered, just because of the fact that he belonged to another community.
The judge said that the nature of allegations against Ashish Kumar are very serious and the possibility of him threatening or intimidating witnesses, if released on bail at this stage, cannot be ruled out, reports Live Law.
The case against Ashish Kumar relates to the murder of a person named Suleman who was murdered by the “riotous mob” near Prem Vihar puliya within the jurisdiction and his dead body was thrown into ‘ganda nala’ (dirty sewer) during the riots that claimed over 50 lives and left devastated the entire Muslim population of the north eastern part of the national capital in February last year.
The Court remarked, “From the evidence of a number of witnesses recorded in the matter, it is prima facie apparent that the ‘riotous mob’ armed with ‘weapons’ had abducted the deceased Suleman to commit his murder merely on account of the fact that he was from a different community.”
Regarding the role of the bail applicant (Ashish Kumar), the court said, “We have clear identification of the applicant through the evidence of public/eye witnesses namely Neeraj Kumar. He is also clearly visible in the CCTV footage walking behind the riotous mob that was prodding deceased Suleman with dandas“.
The court was informed of the investigation which revealed that the mob of 30 to 40 persons had apprehended the victims namely Sanobar, Sunil Kumar and Suleman on 26th February 2020 at about 8.30-8.40 AM having dandas (batons) and rods in their hands.
Allegedly, the mob asked for their ID cards which were shown by them. Thereafter, some people from the mob asked Sunil to leave the spot.
Thereafter, they started beating Sanober and Suleman mercilessly. Someone from the mob hit an iron rod on Sanober’s head as a result of which he fell unconscious.
As alleged, the mob continued to beat Suleman. Sanober regained consciousness and managed to escape while the mob was busy assaulting Suleman. When he fell unconscious, the mob threw him on the junction point of the colony sewer in ‘ganda nala’ near the nala wall and wall of the toilet from where he was taken to GTB Hospital.
ASI Kulbir got him admitted in GTB Hospital, where the victim died during treatment.
