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- Former Delhi Mayor Farhad Suri has moved the Supreme Court seeking an FIR against Ghaziabad police officers who allegedly conducted a midnight search of his Nizamuddin East residence on the night of August 22-23 without producing a warrant or coordinating with local police.
- The police said they were looking for an accused in a double-murder case, but Mr. Suri claims the operation was actually linked to a FIR against independent journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who is already under interim Supreme Court protection.
- Mr. Suri has also asked for CCTV footage, call records and vehicle details to be preserved, and for guidelines to prevent such inter-State police action.
- The case raises questions about whether police from one State can search a citizen's home in another State without legal safeguards or local authorisation.
What to watch next
- Whether the Supreme Court orders registration of an FIR against the police officers involved
- Whether the Court lays down guidelines on inter-State police searches and coordination with local police
- How the Court treats the matter given Upadhyay's existing interim protection from coercive action
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“The manner and scale of the operation, coupled with the apparent disregard of the safeguards governing inter-State police action, disclose a concerted abuse of police authority calculated to overawe and coerce the petitioner, thereby directly threatening his life, personal liberty, dignity and constitutional rights”
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…case as stated by the officer leading the search. Mr. Upadhyay, against whom the Ghaziabad Police had lodged a road-rage FIR, is already under the interim protection of the Supreme Court from any coercive action. “ The manner and scale of the operation, coupled with the apparent disregard of the safeguards governing inter-State police action, disclose a concerted abuse of police authority calculated to overawe and coerce the petitioner, thereby directly threatening his life, personal liberty, dignity and constitutional rights ,” Mr. Suri’s petition said. Breach of law Mr. Awasthi submitted that the incident raised a larger constitutional rights’ question as to whether a police force of one State could enter the territorial jurisdiction of…
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