Court rejects plea for FIR on minister

A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Union minister V.K. Singh for his “dog” analogy in the aftermath of two dalit children being burned alive in Haryana.

Metropolitan magistrate Muneesh Garg, who had reserved the order on December 4, also rejected the plea of the complainant for taking cognisance of his complaint and recording pre-summoning evidence in the matter.

The court had fixed the matter for pronouncement of order after hearing the submissions of complainant advocate Satya Prakash Gautam who said that the minister of state for external affairs had hurt the sentiments of the dalit community.

Mr Gautam had also sought action against the SHO of Jafrabad police station and the investigating officer for not taking action on his complaint and refusing to register an FIR in the matter.

“Mr Singh called those minor children of the dalit community ‘dogs’. It is insulting and humiliating to compare my community with a dog. How can police say there is nothing derogatory I want action against them for saying there is no evidence,” the complainant said.