You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is in Pakistan: Court slams Delhi Police
New Delhi: A court slammed Delhi Police on Tuesday for failing to show any evidence against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, observing that people are out on the streets because things which should have been said inside Parliament were not said.
Delhi Police was behaving as if Jama Masjid was Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said, adding that even if it was, one can protest there peacefully.
Pakistan was once part of undivided India, she said.
The court's observations came while hearing bail plea of Azad, who was arrested in a case related to anti-CAA ptotests in old Delhi's Daryaganj area.
"Inside the Parliament, things which should have been said, were not said and that is why people are out on the streets. We have full right to express our views but we cannot destroy our country.
"You are behaving as if Jama Masjid was Pakistan and even if it was Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided India," the judge said.
The court asked the investigating officer of the police to put on record all the evidence which showed that Azad was allegedly giving incriminatory speeches at the gathering at Jama Masjid and any law which showed that the gathering there was unconstitutional.
It has put up the matter for further hearing on Wednesday. During the hearing, police told the court they have only drone images of the gathering as evidence and no other recording.
To this, the judge said, "Do you think Delhi police is so backward that it has no tools to record anything?
"Show me anything or any law that prohibits such gathering... Where is the violence? Who says you cannot protest...have you read the Constitution. It is one's Constitutional right to protest."
The court further observed that Azad, having a law degree, can also protest inside the courts. It noted that Azad's Ambedkarite philosophy probably required more research.
"Azad is probably an Ambedkarite. Ambedkar was more closer to the Muslims, Sikhs and basically the repressed class of the society... He was a rebel of his own kind. Probably Azad has a vague idea of what he wants to say but probably not able to put it across. If you take up an issue, you do your research. And that is missing, " the court said.
The plea, filed through advocate Mehmood Pracha, claimed that there was no evidence against the allegations made against Azad in the FIR and his arrest was illegal.
Azad's outfit had called for a protest march from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar against the amended Citizenship Act on December 20, without police permission.
Other 15 people arrested in the case were granted bail by the court on January 9.
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Raichur: Unidentified individual attempts to film video inside girls toilet, complaint lodged
Raichur: An unidentified individual has allegedly attempted to film videos of female students using a mobile phone from the girls toilet of the Rajlabanda Morarji Desai Backward Class Hostel in Manvi taluk of the district. The incident is reported to have taken place on December 19 at around 10 pm.
The hostel which is located on the Karadigudda Road, accommodates both boys and girls, and is run by the Government of Karnataka.
The incident came to light when a student noticed the mobile phone being placed from behind the window of the toilet . The student upon noticing the mobile phone immediately informed her classmates, and other boys at the hostel. In the meantime, Hostel warden Shankrappa, Principal and other boys who were at the scene went outside the hostel compound and tried to catch the young man.
The Hostel warden informed the police about the incident. The police who reached the spot later warned the people and youth present there that no one should come towards the women's hostel.
On Saturday night, PI Veerabhadraiah Hiremath visited the Morarji Desai hostel and inspected the spot. Acting on the complaint given by Warden Shankrappa, a case has been registered against the suspicious person, and an investigation has been initiated.
