Delhi Police claims BJP’s Kapil Mishra being framed for 2020 riots, opposes filing FIR against him

The Delhi Police on Wednesday alleged a conspiracy to frame Bharatiya Janata Party minister Kapil Mishra for riots that took place in the national capital in February 2020, Live Law reported.

The police, in a written submission to Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia of the Rouse Avenue Courts, opposed a petition by an individual named Mohammad Ilyas seeking the filing of a first information report against Mishra for his alleged involvement in the communal violence that left 53 dead and hundreds injured.

The clashes had broken out in North East Delhi in February 2020 between supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing it.

Mishra, who is now the minister of law and justice in the BJP-led Delhi government, was being framed in the matter and had no role to play in the violence, according to the police. Mishra’s alleged role in the riots had been investigated and nothing incriminating had been found, they added.

The police also referred to several WhatsApp groups, including the Delhi Protest Support Group, claiming that those framing Mishra were trying to fuel a narrative against him on social media, Live Law reported.

The court reserved its order for March 24, when it will decide whether the case warrants the registration of a case against Mishra and others. Ilyas has...

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