Delhi's St Stephen's College receives bomb threat, students evacuated
Emergency services, including the Delhi Police Bomb Squad, Dog Squad, Fire Department team, and Special Staff, were immediately deployed to both locations.So far, no suspicious items have been found at either site, and investigations are ongoing.The bomb threats to Delhi's school and college come a day after Amritsar's Golden Temple received a similar threatening e-mail. The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the highest religious governing body of Sikhs, lodged a complaint after receiving an e-mail threatening to blow up the langar hall (community kitchen hall) of the Golden Temple, which is also known as Darbar Sahib.- Ends
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Hindustan Times
15 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
1984 anti-Sikh riots: CFSL couldn't decipher 40-yr-old illegible FIR in Kanpur, UP tells SC
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday that the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) has been unable to decipher the contents of an over 40-year-old illegible FIR linked to the Kanpur 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday that the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) has been unable to decipher the contents of an over 40-year-old illegible FIR linked to the Kanpur 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi took note of the affidavit filed by the state government and directed the investigating agencies to bring the matter back before the court once they are able to obtain a decipherable copy of the FIR. The court observed that if an expert body like the CFSL could not decode the FIR, no further action could be taken. However, it added that if the agencies were able to procure a clear copy of the document, the court would issue further directions. In its order, the bench noted that the CFSL report revealed the FIR in question was highly fragmented, with only two Hindi words partially legible. 'Except for these two words, the rest of the content is indecipherable,' the report stated. The bench added: 'No effective action in furtherance of the FIR can be taken at this stage. However, as and when the agencies are able to obtain a material copy, the matter shall be brought to the notice of this court without delay.' This FIR is part of a set of nine FIRs being investigated by the special investigation team (SIT), which has been revisiting the cases after 35 years. These cases were initially closed due to a lack of evidence. The Supreme Court was hearing a plea to reopen investigations into the killings of around 130 Sikhs in Kanpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Previously, the court had directed for the expedited trial of 11 cases related to the riots, in which chargesheets were filed following the reinvestigation of the cases. On Friday, the court was also informed that the Allahabad high court had stayed proceedings in several of these cases, causing delays in the trial process and denying timely justice to the victims' families after more than three decades. The bench expressed concern over the high court's decision to stay proceedings in three of the 11 cases, noting that the trials had begun only after chargesheets were filed by the SIT. 'While we do not wish to impact the right of a suspect or accused to avail their remedy, including quashing of the chargesheet, we request that the high court may take up these matters out of turn for adjudication in accordance with the law,' the bench said. The court emphasised that the 1984 tragedy occurred four decades ago and it was only through the Supreme Court's repeated interventions that the investigations were revived. The bench further pointed out that as time passed, securing key witnesses had become increasingly difficult. Ruchira Goel, standing counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government, informed the court that in four criminal appeals against acquittals in the Allahabad High Court, the delay in proceedings had been condoned. The appeals are now being actively pursued by the advocate general's office. The SC urged the Uttar Pradesh government to assign experienced criminal law officers to assist the high court in the pending criminal appeals. 'We wish to impress upon the advocate general to deploy the best state law officers for this purpose,' the bench stated. The state counsel was directed to ensure the high court receives a copy of the Supreme Court's order, and the matter was adjourned until September 15.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Hindustan Times
1984 anti-Sikh riots case: CFSL couldn't decipher 40-yr-old illegible FIR in Kanpur, UP tells SC
New Delhi, The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Central Forensic Science Laboratory has not been able to decipher the contents of over 40-year-old illegible FIR registered in a Kanpur 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: CFSL couldn't decipher 40-yr-old illegible FIR in Kanpur, UP tells SC A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi took into account the affidavit filed by the state government and directed the investigating agencies to apprise the court as and when they were able to get a copy. The top court said if an expert body like the CFSL could not decipher the content of the FIR, then nothing could be done but if the agencies get hold of the copy of it, the court could issue further directions. The bench noted, "The report reveals that the contents of FIR No. .../1984 could not be deciphered even by the expert institute, namely, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory , New Delhi, and a report received from it reveals that except two Hindi words which could be partially read…others are fragmented terms." The order continued, "That being so, we are satisfied that no effective action in furtherance of FIR be taken at this stage. However, as and when the agencies are able to get material copy of the same, the matter shall be brought to the notice of this court without any delay so that appropriate directions in relation to that FIR can also be issued." The FIR in question is part of the nine FIRs being investigated by the SIT after 35 years and closed for want of evidence. The top court was hearing a plea for the reopening of the killings of around 130 Sikhs in Kanpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. It had previously directed for expeditious trial of 11 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in Kanpur in which chargesheets were filed post the reinvestigation of the cases. On Friday, the court was informed that the high court granted stay on the proceedings before the trial court in many cases resulting in delay of justice to the kin of victims even after three-four decades of the incident. Recording the submissions of the petitioners in its order, what the bench found bothersome was the high court staying proceedings in three of the 11 cases in which the trials began after the SIT filed chargesheets. "While we do not wish to impact the right of a suspect/accused to avail his/her remedy including quashing of the chargesheet, all that we request is that the high court may take up these matters out of turn for their adjudication in accordance with law," the bench said. The order added, "We say so for the reason the unfortunate tragedy took place way back in the year 1984 and it is only because of repeated efforts made by this court that the investigations were revived, SIT was constituted and on completion of investigation, the chargesheet has now been filed. One can take judicial notice of the fact that the conclusion of the trial will take some reasonable time." The high court, as a result, was asked to take up the matters, proceedings in which were stayed, on an out-of-turn basis and expeditiously, keeping in view the most important fact that with the passage of time, production of vital witnesses had become a difficult task. Uttar Pradesh standing counsel Ruchira Goel submitted that in four criminal appeals against acquittal filed in the Allahabad High Court, the delay was condoned by the high court and the appeals were now being actively pursued by the office of the advocate general of the state. 'In this regard, we wish to impress upon the advocate general, state of Uttar Pradesh to deploy best of the state law officers, who are having expertise in criminal law, for the assistance of the high court in the pending criminal appeals," the top court said. The state counsel in all such cases was ordered to produce a copy of the top court order before the high court for necessary action and the matter posted for September 15. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
NDTV
4 days ago
- NDTV
Delhi Minister Approaches High Court Over Report On 1984 Sikh Riots Case
New Delhi: Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court for summoning a police official's report allegedly mentioning the presence of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamalnath during a riot at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib on November 1, 1984 which claimed two lives. The petition filed before Justice Ravinder Dudeja seeks a direction to the government to place on record the report submitted by Gautam Kaul, former ACP New Delhi, with then police commissioner on the presence of Mr Kamalnath at the scene of crime on November 1, 1984. The high court on January 27, 2022, directed the government to file the status report in the matter. Based on a January 27, 2022 direction of the high court, the Centre filed an affidavit, which reportedly carried nothing on Mr Kamalnath's role in the incident, the petition said. Senior advocate H S Phoolka, representing the petitioner, claimed Mr Kamalnath's presence at the scene of crime was well documented in police records besides multiple newspapers had mentioned his presence at the place and time of the incident but those aspects were not considered by the government in its status report. The court posted the application for hearing November 18. The petition said two Sikhs, Inderjeet Singh and Manmohan Singh, were burnt alive in the compound of Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib by a mob allegedly led by Mr Kamalnath. An FIR was registered against the five accused persons, without naming Mr Kamalnath. The accused, however, were later acquitted in the case by the trial court, which held the accused were not present at the place of incident.
