‘Desi kattas in right pockets’: Delhi House panel flags five copycat FIRs

Over 53 people died and over 200 were injured after communal clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control.

The Delhi home department has decided to flag five identical FIRs — filed in separate cases against five youths, identified as Faiz Ahmed (30), Athar (23), Sohib (22), Shahrukh (22) and Faizan (28), in connection with the Northeast Delhi riots — in a letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner, The Indian Express has learnt.

Besides the names of the constables and the youths, and the place and time of arrest, the FIRs are…