New Delhi, July 16: Delhi police on Thursday termed a media report as “misleading” which claimed that the Special Commissioner of Police (Crime)  issued an order regarding the arrest of members of the Hindu community in connection with Northeast Delhi riots case. The police tweeted a rejoinder and asked the media house to publish along with the news article. The force said that the news article tried to give an impression of the force being biased.

The Delhi Police in a statement said, “The tone and tenor of the article is highly misleading and trying to give impression of police being biased. It is at best sensation seeking and hollow news article, devoid of understanding of police working. “ The police also asked The Indian Express to publish a rejoinder with “prominence to facts in proper perspective for your esteemed readers.” No Evidence Yet of Politicians Instigating Northeast Delhi Riots: Police to HC.

Tweet by Delhi Police:

The Indian Express in the article claimed that the order signed by Special CP (Crime & Economic Offences Wing) Praveer Ranjan, cited an “intelligence input” about the riot-related arrests of “some Hindu youth from Chand Bagh and Khajuri Khas areas of Northeast Delhi”.

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According to the media house, the order said that community representatives were alleging that the arrests are made without any evidence. The media house also claimed that it had sent a message to Ranjan regarding the matter, but did not receive any response.

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