Rioting charges against man who set shop on fire

New Delhi: A

Delhi court

has

framed

charges of

rioting

against a

man

in a

northeast Delhi

riots case, saying that statements of the witnesses cannot be brushed aside merely because there has been some delay in recording them.

Additional sessions judge Vinod Yadav framed

charges

against Noor Mohammad in the case related to alleged looting and setting on fire a tailoring

shop

by a riotous mob at Khajuri Khas on February 24, 2020. “I am of the considered opinion that prima facie there is enough material on record to frame charges against the accused under requisite sections,” the judge said in the order.

The court noted that though, there was no specific CCTV footage/video clip of the incident available on record, however, at this stage there was ocular evidence in the form of supplementary statement dated April 2, 2020, of complainant Mohd Hanif, whereby he has categorically named/identified the accused to be part/member of the riotous mob at the relevant time.

It added that Hanif’s statement finds corroboration from the statement of constable Sangram, who was posted as the beat constable in the area at the time.

The accused’s counsel claimed he has been falsely implicated in the matter.