A court in Delhi has directed the police to submit a report on a petition seeking a first information report against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra for his role in inciting communal violence in the Capital in February last year, Live Law reported on Monday.
The petition had been filed by human rights activist Harsh Mander. He had also sought action against Mishra’s party colleagues Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly making provocative speeches. The matter had also been heard by the Delhi High Court.
“Since the matter has already once gone to the High Court, this court [Patiala House Court] deems it appropriate to call a report from the concerned DCP [deputy commissioner of police],” Metropolitan Magistrate Himanshu Raman Singh said in an order on January 29, according to Hindustan Times. The case will now be heard on March 9.
In his petition filed before the Patiala House Court, Mander said that Mishra’s hate speech resulted in the loss of…