New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has registered an FIR to investigate the violence that broke out during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest in the national capital on July 20, police sources said on Thursday.
The probe will focus on identifying people allegedly responsible for the violence and examine whether it was premeditated, the sources said.
On the directions of the Supreme Court, the Delhi Police had cancelled 17 FIRs registered at multiple police stations in the New Delhi district.
The FIR comes two days ahead of another CJP protest announced to be held at Jantar Mantar, this time to press for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise. A police officer said that permission has not been granted for any protest.
Referring to the fresh FIR, the police source told PTI that teams of the Crime Branch will also look into whether criminal elements entered the protest sites after the CJP called for a march towards Parliament on July 20. The violence during the protest involved alleged assaults on police personnel, vandalism and damage to public property, including police vehicles. The protesters also had also alleged excessive force against them by police during the protest.
Crime Branch will examine 2,873 people with criminal backgrounds identified through Facial Recognition System, which police said has approximately 50 per cent accuracy overall.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.