Eight booked for Tomar’s death get clean chit from Delhi Police
13 March 2013 5:39 AM IST
Delhi Police gave a clean chit to eight people who had been booked by it on murder charges for the death of constable Subhash Tomar during anti-rape protests at India Gate in December last year.
The police informed the Delhi High Court that no evidence was found against them in the case, but said, however, that it has found evidence of their involvement in destruction of public properties during the protests against the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on 16 December.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Delhi Police, informed Justice GP Mittal that the eight youths were not involved in the constable’s death. He said that no evidence was found during investigations that could prove the involvement of the eight people in the constable’s death, but their role was found in destruction of public properties during the anti-rape protests near India Gate.
The eight youths — Kailash and Amit Joshi, Shantanu Kumar, Nafees, Shankar Bisht, Nand Kumar, Abhishek and Chaman Kumar — were booked under section 302 of the IPC after Constable Tomar died on 25 December, 2012 at RML hospital, after being allegedly injured during the protest. The court was hearing a plea filed by the eight youths through their advocate Somnath Bharti for quashing of the charges against them in Tomar’s death case. The court has fixed 20 March, for final arguments in the case. The eight accused were granted bail by the trial court on 24 December.
The court is also hearing a separate plea Gaurav Kumar Bansal, an advocate, seeking a CBI probe into the constable’s death.
M FOR MURDER?
The police informed the Delhi High Court that no evidence was found against them in the case, but said, however, that it has found evidence of their involvement in destruction of public properties during the protests against the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on 16 December.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Delhi Police, informed Justice GP Mittal that the eight youths were not involved in the constable’s death. He said that no evidence was found during investigations that could prove the involvement of the eight people in the constable’s death, but their role was found in destruction of public properties during the anti-rape protests near India Gate.
The eight youths — Kailash and Amit Joshi, Shantanu Kumar, Nafees, Shankar Bisht, Nand Kumar, Abhishek and Chaman Kumar — were booked under section 302 of the IPC after Constable Tomar died on 25 December, 2012 at RML hospital, after being allegedly injured during the protest. The court was hearing a plea filed by the eight youths through their advocate Somnath Bharti for quashing of the charges against them in Tomar’s death case. The court has fixed 20 March, for final arguments in the case. The eight accused were granted bail by the trial court on 24 December.
The court is also hearing a separate plea Gaurav Kumar Bansal, an advocate, seeking a CBI probe into the constable’s death.
M FOR MURDER?
- The eight youths were booked under section 302 of the IPC after Tomar died on 25 December, 2012 after being allegedly injured during the protests
- The court has fixed 20 March, for final arguments in the case. The eight were granted bail by the trial court on 24 December
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