New Delhi, India (February 2, 2014): It is learnt that a Delhi court has directed senior officers of the Delhi Police to place before it the statutory rules governing destruction of official records of an investigating agency while hearing a November 1984 Sikh Carnage related case.
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The court’s directions came on February 01, 2014 while hearing an application seeking prosecution of four Delhi Police officers, including the then ACP, for destroying the records and files of Nangloi case in 1992.
The court was hearing a November 1984 Sikh massacre related case which was registered in 1991 with regard to the killing of four persons.
“I direct that in case there were any official orders/ standing orders issued by the police during the period 1991-1992 so governing the destruction of records, the same be also placed before this court on the next date of hearing,” Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said.
The court listed the matter for February 7, 2014 for hearing arguments and disposing of a plea moved by Special Public Prosecutor BS Joon seeking prosecution of the then SHO (Nangloi police station) Inspector Rampal Singh, SI Dalel Singh, the then ACP Amarender Kumar Singh and the then SHO RS Dahiya.
According to the prosecution these four officials were responsible for destroying the relevant records relating to November 1984 Sikh massacre of Nangloi Police Station which they did deliberately to save the accused in the present case despite lodging of the present FIR on August 28, 1991.