Archive · 26 Dec 2025

Court acquits five in 2020 Delhi riots case

Court acquits five in 2020 Delhi riots case

A court in Delhi recently let five people go free in a case about the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.

The riots were very bad, with many people hurt and lots of property damaged.

The case was about a fight and some buildings being set on fire near a petrol pump.

The police said these five people did it, but the judge didn't believe the police's story.

The judge said the police witnesses weren't reliable and that the police might have just been going through the motions without really investigating.

The judge also found some mistakes in the stories told by different people.

Because of these problems, the judge decided to let the five people go free.

This is one of many cases from the riots, and most of them have ended with people being let go.

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