Cops in Supreme Court: No hate speech at Dharam Sansad in Delhi

New Delhi, April 14

There were no instances of hate speech at the Dharam Sansad organised in Delhi in December last year as no specific words against any particular community were uttered, the police have told the Supreme Court.

“In the video clip of the Delhi incident, there is no utterance against any particular section/community. Hence, after inquiry and after evaluation of the alleged video clip, it was concluded that the alleged speech did not disclose any hate words against a particular community as alleged or otherwise,” the Delhi Police said in an affidavit.

The affidavit has been filed in response to a petition filed by journalist Qurban Ali and senior advocate Anjana Prakash seeking a direction for an “independent, credible and impartial investigation” by an SIT into the hate speeches made against Muslims at two separate events held at Haridwar and Delhi.

Noting that the petitioners had not approached them for taking action in connection with the alleged incident and instead directly moved the top court, the police said such a practice must be deprecated. A Bench led by CJI NV Ramana, which had on Wednesday asked the Uttarakhand Government to file a status report in the matter, is scheduled to take it up on April 22.