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Time of India
12-06-2025
- Time of India
12 men accused of murder during 2020 riots acquitted
New Delhi: A court acquitted 12 people accused of killing a youth during the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi, citing a lack of evidence and contradictions in the statements of witnesses. The court of additional sessions judge Pulastya Pramachala said on June 5 that the investigating agency failed to prove the charges of murder, rioting, criminal conspiracy to murder and destruction of evidence against the accused. According to the prosecution, 12 men who were part of a rioting mob on Feb 25, 2020, killed Aas Mohammad and threw him in the drain at Bhagirathi Vihar/Johripur pulia. He was coming on foot from the Loni border side in Ghaziabad. The chargesheet was filed on the charges of murder along with rioting, arson, criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between different religious groups and statements conducing to public mischief under Indian Penal Code. The prosecution also alleged that as per the chats of a WhatsApp group, the accused and their associates conspired to teach Muslims a lesson for attacking the Hindus. They equipped themselves with lathis, dandas, sticks, etc., by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Memperdagangkan CFD Emas dengan salah satu spread terendah? IC Markets Mendaftar Undo and started roaming in the area to vandalise/burn properties. They further resolved to kill Muslims, whoever came before them, the prosecution alleged. The court gave the benefit of doubt to all accused. "In the absence of some concrete evidence laying down the foundation, no presumption can be raised that some persons identified as part of some mob at some place at some other time period would also have been part of a mob, and such mob was involved in the incident of murder of Aas Mohammad," the judge noted in the 62-page judgment. The acquitted people are Lokesh Kumar Solanki, Pankaj Sharma, Sumit Chaudhary, Ankit Chaudhary, Prince, Rishabh Chaudhary, Jatin Sharma, Vivek Panchal, Himanshu Thakur, Tinku Arora, Sandeep Thakur and Sahil alias Babu. However, the court convicted Solanki of promoting enmity, doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony and statements conducing to public mischief for inciting communal violence during the riots. "Accused Lokesh was a member of this group since the beginning. Some of the messages posted by him in this group are already reproduced in this judgment. I have gone through the messages posted in this group by different members. As the name suggests, the central focus of messages in this group has been to unite the persons from the Hindu community. However, on that pretext, messages started pouring in to the effect of abusing the Muslims. Messages were posted to call upon the members to assemble together, so as to counter the Muslims," the judge said. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
7 family members among 11 killed in Delhi building collapse
Eleven people, including three children and seven from the same family, died from a building collapse in a neighbourhood in north-east Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Delhi Fire Services were seen working alongside locals to rescue individuals trapped under the collapsed four-storey building. CCTV footage from a nearby building captured the collapse that occurred around 3 am local time on Saturday, leading to a thick cloud of dust filling the street. 'It felt like an earthquake. The floor shook beneath us, and before we could understand anything, everything was covered in dust,' one resident, who lives in the adjacent building, told Indian news agency PTI. 'We thought maybe something hit our house, but when we looked out, the entire building next to us had turned to rubble,' he said. Police say 22 people were inside the building at the time of the incident. Eleven others who were injured were reportedly rushed to a local hospital after they were pulled out of the rubble. The building's owner, Tehseen (60), and six members of his family, including his son, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren, were among the 11 deceased. One of Tehseen's other sons – Aas Mohammad – was reportedly killed in the 2020 Delhi riots. Others who lost their lives in the building collapse include brothers Danish (23) and Naved (17), as well as Reshma (38) and Ishaq (75), officials said. The Delhi municipal corporation said in a statement that the building was 20 years old and not structurally stable. The building's ground floor reportedly housed four shops, while families lived on the three floors above. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to those who lost their lives in the incident. 'Saddened by the loss of lives due to a building collapse in Dayalpur area of North East Delhi. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones,' he said in a post on X. The Indian prime minister announced an ex gratia of INR 200,000 (£ 1,765) to the next of kin of each deceased. 'The injured would be given Rs 50,000 (£ 441),' he said.
The Independent
20-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
7 family members among 11 killed in Delhi building collapse
Eleven people, including three children and seven from the same family, died from a building collapse in a neighbourhood in north-east Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Delhi Fire Services were seen working alongside locals to rescue individuals trapped under the collapsed four-storey building. CCTV footage from a nearby building captured the collapse that occurred around 3 am local time on Saturday, leading to a thick cloud of dust filling the street. 'It felt like an earthquake. The floor shook beneath us, and before we could understand anything, everything was covered in dust,' one resident, who lives in the adjacent building, told Indian news agency PTI. 'We thought maybe something hit our house, but when we looked out, the entire building next to us had turned to rubble,' he said. Police say 22 people were inside the building at the time of the incident. Eleven others who were injured were reportedly rushed to a local hospital after they were pulled out of the rubble. The building's owner, Tehseen (60), and six members of his family, including his son, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren, were among the 11 deceased. One of Tehseen's other sons – Aas Mohammad – was reportedly killed in the 2020 Delhi riots. Others who lost their lives in the building collapse include brothers Danish (23) and Naved (17), as well as Reshma (38) and Ishaq (75), officials said. The Delhi municipal corporation said in a statement that the building was 20 years old and not structurally stable. The building's ground floor reportedly housed four shops, while families lived on the three floors above. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to those who lost their lives in the incident. 'Saddened by the loss of lives due to a building collapse in Dayalpur area of North East Delhi. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones,' he said in a post on X. The Indian prime minister announced an ex gratia of INR 200,000 (£ 1,765) to the next of kin of each deceased. 'The injured would be given Rs 50,000 (£ 441),' he said.
