New Delhi: A Delhi court, on Wednesday, put a hold on the order for a further probe into law minister Kapil Mishra’s alleged role in the 2020 Northeast riots, until April 21.
Special judge Kaveri Baweja stayed the order after Mishra moved court with a plea against the magisterial court verdict.
The court also issued a notice to complainant Mohammad Ilyas, on whose plea the magistrate ordered the FIR, and asked him to respond by April 21.
On April 1, nearly five years after the deadly riots in which 50 lives perished and over 700 people were injured, a court ordered the Delhi police to lodge an FIR against Kapil Mishra.
Delhi Police had opposed Ilyas’ plea, saying Mishra had no role in the riots. The police had informed the magistrate that “a plan” was being “hatched to shift the blame on Mishra”. The law minister’s role was already investigated in the larger conspiracy behind the riots, it added.
“The chats of the DPSG (Delhi protest support group) show that the chakka jams were planned well in advance, as early as February 15 and 17, 2020. Police investigation had revealed that a plan was hatched to shift the blame on Mishra,” it added.
Ilyas sought the FIR against Mishra, then SHO of Dayalpur and five others, including BJP MLA Mohan Singh Bisht and former BJP MLAs Jagdish Pradhan and Satpal Sansad.
(With PTI inputs)
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