The police say the two misbehaved with the neighbour's daughter; used self-inflicting injuries to twist the matter
The police say the two misbehaved with the neighbour's daughter; used self-inflicting injuries to twist the matter
He stabbed himself several times and slashed his friend's ear that too with his consent. Reason: To create troubles for a 'quarrelsome' neighbour. The plot seems a perfect Bollywood potboiler. But if Delhi police is to be believed two youngsters in their twenties, played the characters in real life.
Aadil and Raza, residents of Nizamuddin, south Delhi, allegedly broke into the house of one named Taj Hussein following some altercation on September 23.u00a0
u00a0"The two had a heated exchange of words over something with Hussein, a resident of the same locality, in the evening. At midnight they decided to 'settle' the matter and forcibly barged into his house. Under severe influence of alcohol, they misbehaved with his daughter," said a senior Delhi Police official on the condition of anonymity.
A case was registered against them at Nizamuddin police station. According to the police, as on hearing the screams some local residents rushed to the spot, the 22-year-old boys used self-inflicting injuries to twist the matter.u00a0
u00a0"Eyewitnesses claimed that after stabbing himself on shoulder and chest by a broken bottle, Aadil slashed Raza's ears to make it appear that they were attacked by Taj Hussein and his family members," said the officer.
The families of the two have alleged that the police cooked up a false story. Aadil's father Zahiruddin, who runs a small transport business, alleged that cops even refused to listen to their part of the story and filed a one-sided FIR.u00a0 "This is a double whammy for us. While my son got critically injured and got more than 56 stitches, his friend Raza is recovering from almost a severed ear with 25 stitches. But even after that police has booked them as accused without even investigating the case," he said.
Now, the theory of self-inflicted injury has become a bone of contention between the defence lawyer and cops in the court. "How can some one repeatedly stab himself to the extent that he will need 56 stitches? The police claims are cooked up. In fact Aadil and Raza had a brawl with Taj Hussein and his family member much before the stated time in the FIR report and that too far away from his house," said Aadil's lawyer advocate MS Khan.
Talking about the nature of injury, a police officer said,u00a0 "They had minor external injuries caused by some sharp object which required small stitches to stop the bleeding. Following the court's direction we have started to cross-check the entire case."
