Cops give clean chit to 8 accused in constable Tomar's death

The eight persons booked on murder charge for Constable Subhash Tomar's death during anti-rape protests here were today given a clean chit by Delhi police which informed the High Court that "no evidence" was found against them.
The police, however, said it has found evidence of their involvement in destruction of public properties during the protests against the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student who later died in a Singapore hospital.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Delhi Police, informed Justice G P Mittal that the eight youths were not involved in the constable's death.
Luthra said that "no evidence" was found during investigations that could lead to the involvement of eight persons to constable's death, but their role was found in destruction of public properties during anti-gangrape protests near India Gate.

"We have done the analysis... We have electronic records (their phone locations records). Police have found evidence regarding other offences including damage of public properties but found no evidence of their involvement in Tomar's death," the ASG said while referring to the case diary.
The eight youths -- Kailash and Amit Joshi, Shantanu Kumar, Nafees, Shankar Bisht, Nand Kumar, Abhishek and Chaman Kumar -- were booked under section 302 of the IPC after Constable Tomar had died on December 25, 2012 at RML hospital.

Shantanu Kumar is a member of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party.
Charges of rioting and causing damage to public property were also invoked against them by the cops.

The submission by Delhi Police today came during the hearing of a plea filed by the eight youths through their advocate Somnath Bharti for quashing of the charges against them in Tomar's death case.
The court fixed March 20 for final arguments in the case.
The eight accused were granted bail by the trial court on December 24.