Dalits' murder trial delayed as Delhi official stays away
Express News Service Posted online: Sun Feb 20 2011, 01:35 hrs
New Delhi : The trial in the alleged murder of two Dalits was again
delayed as Delhi Principal Secretary (Home), failed to appear before a
Rohini court on Saturday — irking Additional Sessions Judge Kamini
Lau.
The court had summoned the chief secretaries of Delhi and Haryana in
person, or through an officer not less than the rank of Principal
Secretary (Home), to apprise it on various issues related to the case,
in which a Dalit and his daughter were burnt alive and many houses
gutted in violence that engulfed Mirchpur in April 2010.
When Haryana Principal Secretary (Home) Sameer Mathur appeared before
the court on Saturday morning, with no official from Delhi, the court
immediately summoned Additional Secretary (Delhi) S B Shashank, who
appeared later in the day. Shashank informed the court that the
Principal Secretary (Home) was on leave, following which the court
asked him to appear on February 21.
The trial as well as the 100 accused in the case were later shifted to
Delhi, following an apex court order to ensure justice for the
victims. Victims, through their counsel M S Rastogi, also moved two
applications before the court on Saturday — seeking protection and
accommodation from the Delhi government, and the appointment of a
public prosectutor of their own choice. Mathur said: "All issues
decided by the court are agreeable to us."
The court had earlier asked the officials to answer three questions:
Which State government will ensure protection for witnesses/victims;
which government will secure the production of victims/witnesses and
make arrangements for their stay in Delhi; and who among the six
prosecutors will lead the trial. While Haryana agreed to accord
protection, Delhi said it would provide accommodation to the victims.
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