Asking Delhi Police to file a response over the alleged “custodial violence” and using “forcible and violent means” on some acid attack survivors protesting outside Parliament House on December 18 last year, the Delhi High Court has asked the police to also submit the CCTV footage of the incident.
The court had earlier asked the police to preserve the CCTV footage while hearing a plea of five acid attack victims, who alleged they were beaten up by police and kept in an enclosure inside the police station.
Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Delhi Police to ascertain the correct position and to file the footage of CCTV cameras.
The court said that if there were no other CCTV cameras, or that the footage from other cameras was not available, it should be stated in clear terms by way of affidavit filed by a senior police officer. Police had earlier submitted the CCTV footage to the court. However, the petitioners alleged that though there are several CCTV cameras positioned in the Parliament Street police station, the entire footage has not been filed.
A group of Stop Acid Attack campaigners, including five acid attack survivors, was detained by police on December 18, 2014 when they tried to stage a protest outside Parliament House in the Capital. They alleged that police had used forcible and violent means to remove them and other protesters. The campaigners claimed they were carrying out a peaceful protest outside Parliament House when they were forcibly evicted by police and taken to Parliament Street police station.
The footages of the CCTV cameras installed at Parliament Street police station are a piece of key evidence as all the unwarranted physical and custodial violence was recorded on the CCTV cameras, the plea said, while seeking damages worth `10 lakh from Delhi Police.