New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The Karkardooma court recently gave directions for the registration of an FIR against the then Station House Officer (SHO) of Jyoti Nagar Police Station and other officers involved in a hate crime during the 2020 Delhi riots, where the victim was allegedly forced to sing the national anthem.

The court also asked the victim to approach the special MP/MLA court to file an FIR against Kapil Mishra, citing his status as a former MLA.

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Udhbhav Kumar Jain gave the direction for registration of FIR and held that the SHO PS Jyoti Nagar, Tomar and other unknown police officials engaged themselves in hate crimes against the complainant, victim and they cannot be protected under the garb o...