DELHI HIGH COURT ORDERED PRESERVATION OF CCTV FOOTAGE; PURDAHNASHIN MUSLIM WOMAN ALLEGED DETENTION INSIDE POLICE STATION

The Delhi High Court in the case Reshma v. The Commissioner Of Police observed and has ordered preservation of CCTV footage of cameras inside and around a police station in the city while dealing with the petition moved by a purdahnashin Muslim woman alleging that she was forcibly taken by the cops from her residence without her veil and was illegal detained in the police station.

The bench headed by Justice Saurabh Banerjee in the case observed and has directed to preserve the CCTV footage of all the cameras installed by the Delhi government or private residents near the woman’s residence which leads towards the direction of the police station.

In the present case, the court observed and has issued the notice to the plea moved by the woman’s seeking a fair, impartial, and time-bound investigation of the incident, under the direct supervision of the concerned DCP.