Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday said the Delhi police had brought the criminal justice system to ridicule by naming CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and many other scholars and activists in a supplementary chargesheet in the Delhi riots case.
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“The law cannot be such an ass that, if an accused (Gulfisha Fathima) mentions a name in her statement, that person will be named as an accused in the charge sheet. Has the Delhi Police forgotten that between information and charge sheet there are important steps called investigation and corroboration?” tweeted Mr. Chidambaram.
He said: “I am glad that Mr. Julio Ribeiro has upbraided the Delhi Police for its biased handling of the Delhi riots case. Will the Delhi Police listen to this iconic police officer?”
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Earlier, at a press conference on Sunday, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the issue of chargesheeting of political leaders, social activists, intellectuals and NGOs would be raised in Parliament. “This is a deliberate attempt to muzzle dissent and debate, it is anti-democratic,” he said.
