Suleman murder case during Delhi riots; Court denies bail to accused

New Delhi : While observing that an innocent person was brutally murdered, just because of the fact that he belonged to other community, the Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Monday (08th February) denied bail to the Murder Accused one Ashish Kumar.
The Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav opined that the nature of allegations against the applicant are very serious and the possibility of applicant threatening or intimidating witnesses, if released on bail at this stage cannot be ruled out.
The matter before the Court As per the prosecution’s case, the case against the bail applicant (Ashish Kumar) relates to the murder of one person namely Suleman, who was murdered by the “riotous mob” near Prem Vihar puliya within the jurisdiction and his dead body was thrown into ganda nala during the North East Delhi riots in February 2020.
It was argued that the investigation revealed that the mob of 30­-40 persons had apprehended the victims namely Sanobar, Sunil Kumar and Suleman on 26th February 2020 at about 8.30­-8.40 AM having dandas and rods in their hands.
Allegedly, the mob asked their ID cards which was shown by them. Thereafter, some persons from mob asked Sunil to leave the spot.