Court's harsh comment in Manoj Vashisht encounter case!
In the case related to delhi businessman Manoj Vashisht's 2015 encounter, Delhi's Rouse Avenue court expressed displeasure over the actions of delhi police and CBI. The court said that due to lack of coordination between delhi police and cbi, no action was taken in this case for 10 years. Rouse Avenue court reprimanded cbi and delhi police and said that due to lack of coordination between the two investigating agencies, no action has been taken till date on the FIR registered in 2015.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of Rouse Avenue court said in her order that prima facie it appears that due to lack of coordination between the investigating agencies i.e. delhi police and cbi, no action could be taken till date on FIR number 640/2015. Actually, Rouse Avenue court was hearing the case in which businessman Manoj Vashisht was shot at Sagar Ratna Restaurant in Old Rajendra nagar during an operation by the Special Cell of delhi police on 16 May 2015.
Allegedly, Manoj Vashisht was shot in an encounter between the police and him, due to which he died. This operation was carried out by an eight-member team of the Special Cell. A Special Investigation Team was formed by the delhi police to investigate this incident, but later the home Ministry transferred this investigation to the CBI.
delhi police had sent information to the CBI
The Rouse Avenue court, while hearing the case, said that a review of the report shows that a photocopy of FIR number 640/15 registered at police station Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh was sent to cbi, SC-I Branch, New delhi on 24 october 2015 through a letter from the DCP of the Central district of delhi Police. This letter was written to DSP, cbi, SC-I, stating that the zero FIR and related documents are being sent to the cbi for necessary action.
At the same time, citing the report, the court said that the DCP of delhi police did not have the right to transfer or send the FIR to the cbi unless there was an order from the Central Government. On this basis, it is concluded that the FIR was not sent to the cbi under proper procedure. Therefore, there is no question of re-registering the FIR.
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