'No progress in probe'
Delhi HC seeks police stand on plea for SIT probe into death of man forced to sing national anthem
New Delhi, Dec 24: The Delhi High Court Thursday sought response of the police on a plea seeking an SIT probe into the death of a man who, according to a viral video, was allegedly beaten up by police officers and forced to sing the national anthem in his injured condition during the riots in the national capital earlier this year.
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait issued notice to Delhi Police and asked it to file a status report on the plea by the mother of the man, Faizan, who along with four other Muslim men are seen in the video being allegedly assaulted by police officers and forced to sing the national anthem.
Faizan's mother, Kismatun, was represented by advocate Vrinda Grover who told the court that he died on February 26 after he was allegedly brutally assaulted by police officers and detained from February 24 to February 25.
The petition, filed through advocate Soutik Banerjee, sought constitution of a court monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the custodial death of Faizan.
The plea has alleged that there are shortcomings in the investigation being carried out by the Crime Branch as even after 10 months have lapsed since the incident, there has been "no progress".
The petition has also sought directions to Delhi Police to file an affidavit with relevant material regarding the functioning of the CCTV cameras at the Jyoti Nagar police station where Faizan was detained in February, especially February 24 and February 25.
It has also sought an action taken report from the police regarding steps taken by it on the contents of the viral video.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on February 1, 2021.
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GT beat PBKS by four wickets
Ahmedabad (PTI): Opener Sai Sudharsan compiled a 41-ball 57 as Gujarat Titans defeated table-toppers Punjab Kings by four wickets in their IPL match here on Sunday.
Sent in to bat, PBKS were reduced to 47 for 5 in the ninth over but Suryansh Shedge (57) steadied the ship with a 79-run stand off 44 balls with Marcus Stoinis (40).
However, once they departed, Punjab couldn't get the momentum in the death overs, managing a modest 163 for nine.
In reply, Sudharsan set the platform with a 41-ball innings, while Jos Buttler (26) and Washington Sundar (40) also contributed as GT scored 167 for 6 in 19.5 overs.
Arshdeep Singh (2/24) and Vijaykumar Vyshak (2/31) took two wickets each for PBKS.
Brief Score:
PBKS: 162 for 9 in 20 overs (Suryansh Shedge 57; Jason Holder 4/24).
GT: 167 for 9 in 19.5 overs (Sai Sudharsan 57; Arshdeep Singh 2/24, Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/31).
