India, March 31 -- A city court has reprimanded the Delhi Police for failing to provide CCTV footage from Janakpuri police station to ascertain whether Rajesh Prajapati - the sub-contractor accused in the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani who fell into an unguarded pit - was illegally arrested, stating that the investigating officer (IO)'s evasive replies "do not inspire confidence."

In an order passed on March 28, judicial magistrate first class Harjot Singh Aujla of Dwarka courts noted that the police's shifting and mutually inconsistent stands in response to Prajapati's plea seeking release on grounds of illegal detention did not inspire confidence in the arresting procedure.

"The shifting and mutually inconsistent stands emerging fr...