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Delhi HC asks for report on police attack on acid victims
New Delhi, May 3
The Delhi High Court has
asked Delhi Police to file response along with last year's December 18
CCTV footage of some acid attack victims who were allegedly subjected to
"custodial violence" at Parliament Street police station here.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked Delhi Police to ascertain the correct position and file the footage of CCTV cameras.
Earlier,
the court asked police to preserve the CCTV footage while it heard a
plea of five acid attack victims, who alleged they were beaten up by
police and kept in an enclosure inside the police station.
"If a
position is taken that there are no other CCTV cameras or CDs or that
the footage from other cameras is not available, this aspect will be
stated in clear terms by way of affidavit filed by a senior police
officer," the court directed, and asked police to ascertain the correct
position of CCTV cameras and file the footage.
Police had earlier
submitted the CCTV footage to the court. However, the petitioners
alleged that though there are several CCTV cameras positioned in the
Parliament Street police station, the entire footage has not been filed.
A
group of 'Stop Acid Attack' campaigners, including five acid attack
survivors, was detained by police on December 18, 2014, when they tried
to stage a protest outside Parliament House here.
The
campaigners claimed they were carrying out a peaceful protest outside
Parliament House when they were forcibly evicted by police and taken to
Parliament Street police station.
They told the court that Delhi Police used "forcible and violent means" to remove them and other protesters.
The
plea said: "The footages of the CCTV cameras installed at Parliament
Street police station are a piece of key evidence as all the unwarranted
physical and custodial violence was recorded on the CCTV cameras."
The plea also sought damages of Rs.10 lakh from Delhi Police.