India: Dirty Tricks of Special Cell of Delhi Police Revealed

Photos from the public release on 18 September 2012 of the JTSA report on the Special Cell of Delhi Police. (photos by Mukul Dube)

**Release of the JTSA report on 18 September 2012 (photo: Mukul Dube)**

**Human rights lawyer ND Pancholi speaking at the release of the JTSA report on 18 sept 2012 (Photo: Mukul Dube)**

See press coverage on the JTSA report:

Delhi Police underbelly exposed
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3910004.ece

Report points fingers at special cell
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Report-points-fingers-at-special-cell/Article1-932146.aspx

Arrested, accused, acquitted
by Sumegha Gulati
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/arrested-accused-acquitted/1004163/

Did Someone Say Dirty Tricks?
A study of Delhi police’s special cell documents its rough ways
Saba Naqvi
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282208

Excerpt from the Preface:

To those who say, 'there is no smoke without fire', we hope that this document will serve as a grim eye opener. The police – the Special Cell in this case, but this could be true for any other investigating agency as well – can draw their victims in many ways: to settle scores, to teach a lesson, to buy favours, to dispose of petty informers past their usefulness, to 'help out' colleagues in other parts of the country.

The 16 cases we present here are only the proverbial tip of the iceberg, and simply indicative of the extent of the malaise affecting our policing and criminal justice system. We hope sincerely that this document will provoke a debate about the utility of these elite forces, which in the name of fighting terrorism, have morphed into rampaging, marauding hordes, 'encountering' and framing people at will – with utter impunity.

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