Overview
- The CBI named Head Constable Ravinder Kumar and Constable Pawan Yadav, charging them under IPC sections 323, 325 and 304(II) read with Section 34.
- The murder charge under IPC 302 that appeared in the original FIR was not retained in the chargesheet.
- A Rouse Avenue court found sufficient material to proceed and summoned the two officers for a February 24 hearing.
- Faizan’s family and lawyer Vrinda Grover argue the probe is incomplete, noting other policemen seen in the viral video remain unidentified and alleging illegal detention at Jyoti Nagar police station was not addressed.
- The case relates to a February 2020 video showing Faizan and others assaulted and forced to sing national slogans, and the Delhi High Court transferred the investigation to the CBI in July 2024 over concerns about the initial probe.