India, July 8 -- A Delhi court has directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to initiate disciplinary action against officers allegedly responsible for what it described as grave investigative lapses in a case from Shahbad Dairy, where a case of murder and assault was treated as mere rash and negligent driving, thus attempting to create a narrative of an accident.

In an order passed on June 29, judicial magistrate first class Bharti Beniwal of Rohini Courts observed that the investigation suffered from serious deficiencies from the outset and criticised not only the investigating officer (IO) and the station house officer (SHO) of Shahbad Dairy police station but also senior supervisory officers for failing to intervene. The court noted tha...