New Delhi – In context of Liaqat Shah’s arrest, claiming that he was conspiring to carry out attacks in the national capital, the Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Saturday said that “Many of these prize catches of the Delhi Special Cell happened to be either police or IB informers, surrendered militants, or men with whom one agency or the other had a score to settle.”

After arresting Liaqat Shah – a former militant who was returning to Kashmir as part of the state government’s rehabilitation policy for surrendered militants – the Delhi police seems to have been caught in a web of allegations. On one hand they are being stung continuously by the media, and on the other there is a strong backing by Jammu and Kashmir government.

Amidst this furore, JTSA pointed out that “Three of the four officers of the Special Cell in the current ‘Hizb operation’ feature rather prominently in the JTSA report: DCP Sanjeev Yadav was key player in five of the 16 cases of the report; Sanjay Dutt in six and Rahul Kumar in seven.”

“It should be recalled also that DCP Sanjeev Yadav was indicted by the NHRC for masterminding the fake encounter at Sonia Vihar in 2006 (when he was an ACP),” they added.

Last year, JTSA had compiled and released a report documenting 16 cases wherein the Delhi Police, especially its Special Cell, had framed innocents as terrorists. An overwhelming number of these unfortunate men were from Kashmir.

Make the Sonia Vihar fake encounter enquiry report public

Demanding that the magisterial enquiry into the Sonia Vihar fake encounter conducted by the then Divisional Commissioner Shri Vijay Dev, be made public immediately, JTSA also said that “there is a concerted attempt to suppress the report of the magisterial enquiry.”