One of the police witnesses in a north-east Delhi riots case is lying on oath, a Delhi court has said after one policeman identified three alleged rioters but another said that they could not be identified during the investigation. “This is a very sorry state of affairs,” Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav said, seeking a report from the Deputy Commissioner of Police
The court's remarks add to a long string of criticism which has been levied against the Delhi police for their poor handling of investigations related to the riots.
After one policeman identified three alleged rioters but another said that they could not be identified during the investigation, a Delhi court said that one of the police witnesses in north-east Delhi riots case was lying on oath.
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