Court sets aside order directing police to probe BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s role in 2020 Delhi riots

A Sessions court in the National Capital on Monday set aside an order passed by a Magistrate court to investigate Delhi Law and Justice Minister and BJP leader Kapil Mishra over his alleged role in the 2020 riots in Northeast Delhi. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Court was hearing a revision petition […]

On April 1 this year, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia of Rouse Avenue Court had directed further investigation against Mishra while hearing an application filed by a complainant, Mohammad Ilyas. (Image: @KapilMishra_IND/X)

A Sessions court in the National Capital on Monday set aside an order passed by a Magistrate court to investigate Delhi Law and Justice Minister and BJP leader Kapil Mishra over his alleged role in the 2020 riots in Northeast Delhi.

Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Court was hearing a revision petition filed by Mishra against the order, which had directed further investigation into his alleged role in the riots which had rocked NE Delhi between February 24 and 26, 2020, leaving 53 people dead and over 500 injured.

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Ilyas had sought an FIR against Mishra as well as the then Station House Officer (SHO) of Dayalpur police station and five others, including BJP leaders Mohan Singh Bisht and Jagdish Pradhan.

A week after this, the Sessions court had stayed the directions after Mishra approached it.

The Delhi Police Special Cell, represented by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad, had argued before the court that the magistrate court that ordered further investigation lacked the jurisdiction to do so.

SPP Prasad had told the court that Mishra’s alleged role in the riots had been investigated and he was not responsible for their orchestration. He had also said that nothing incriminating was found against him.

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Ilyas, a resident of Yamuna Vihar, had alleged in his complaint that he saw Mishra and others blocking a road in Northeast Delhi’s Kardam puri and destroying vendors’ carts. He had also claimed that the then deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Northeast Delhi, was standing next to Mishra along with other police personnel and warning the protestors to vacate the area or face consequences.