“Who killed Dilbar Negi, apparently no one: 5 yrs after the young man was burnt to death during Anti-Hindu Delhi riots, the lone accused Mohammed Shahnawaz acquitted”, Opindia, March 1, 2025:
“During the anti-Hindu riots of January 2020, a young man named Dilbar Negi was burnt alive by the mob near Shiv Vihar Tiraha in North-East Delhi. The mob severed his hands and feet. After five long years, the Karkardooma Court in Delhi acquitted the sole accused Mohammad Shahnawaz alias Shanu citing a lack of substantial evidence.
Acquitting the accused, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said that a mob caused vandalism, and set on fire a sweet shop, as a consequence of which the 22-year-old Dilbar Negi died after sustaining ‘burn injuries’. The court said that there is no substantive evidence showing that Shahnawaz entered the godown with the mob where Negi’s dead body was found. The Court observed that Dilbar Negi succumbed to burn injuries as if it was an accident and he wasn’t burnt to death by the Islamist mob.
In an order dated 24th February 2025, ASJ Pramachala said, “In view of my foregoing discussions, observations and findings, I find that charges levelled against accused Mohd. Shahnawaz in this case, is not proven beyond reasonable doubts. Hence, accused Mohd. Shahnawaz @ Shanu is given benefit of doubt and he is acquitted of all the charges levelled against him in this case…….”
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