The Delhi HC was hearing a petition by riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha seeking directions to take down sensitive information connected to the probe that was allegedly leaked by police.
The magazine alleged that police forcibly took journalist Ahan Penkar's phone and then deleted all the videos he had recorded while he was reporting a protest in North Delhi.
Delhi Police approached the court to inform about the lapse after it came to its knowledge that at least three protected witnesses have been reached out by various persons.
Dr Shashwat Pande was found dead at St Stephen’s Hospital in August 2017. CBI filed a charge sheet in the case in July this year, saying investigation into the case will continue.
Several activists and civil servants have raised concerns about Delhi Police's investigation into February riots, calling it 'biased'. Something similar happened in 1984 as well.
The 17,000-page charge sheet by Delhi Police Special Cell has statements from Tahir Hussain’s neighbour, a scrap dealer & traders on his activities in the days before the riots.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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