The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Police to publish the details of all the unidentified dead bodies that are lying in various hospital mortuaries following the riots in the north-east area of the city, along with photographs, on their official website.(Ansari vs State)
The order passed by a Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and IS Mehta reads states,
The order dated March 5 was passed in a habeas corpus petition preferred by one Ansari Mo Arif concerning the disappearance of one Hamza.
Following the High Court's direction, the DCP, North East, Delhi Police subsequently filed a status report in the case and informed that the body of Hamza was recovered from a drain within the jurisdiction of Gokalpuri Police Station.
It was further informed that subsequently, an FIR has been registered against unknown persons under Sections 147/148/149/302/201 IPC and investigation was underway.
On March 6, the Court further ordered the preservation of the DNA samples of those dead bodies in the mortuaries following the riots. It also directed the conduction of videographed post-mortem of the dead bodies while directing the government hospitals to not dispose of unidentified dead bodies till further orders.
The Petition was filed through Advocates Surabhi Dhar, Burjis Shabir, Malvika Awasthi.
The Petitioner was represented by Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra with Advocates Raj Shekhar Rao, Surabhi Dhar, Burjis Shabir, Malvika Awasthi, Vinayak Mehrotra, Karthik Sundar.
State was represented by Standing Counsel Rahul Mehra with Advocates Chaitanya Gosain and Divyank Tyagi.
Read the Order:
