<span style="color: #222222;">The Bombay High Court yesterday directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a probe against four policemen who allegedly fatally assaulted a 22-year-old man in the city while imposing the COVID-19 lockdown in March.<br />''<br />''A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai said, the SIT should comprise two senior police officials and carry out the probe expeditiously. The court said it expects the new probe team to submit a charge-sheet within a month. The bench ordered constitution of SIT after observing it was not satisfied with the probe being conducted in the case since April by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bandra Division.<br />''<br />''The bench was hearing a petition filed by an advocate, Firdause Irani, raising concerns over police excesses while enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown which was first declared in March-end. The court posted the plea for further hearing on 21st of September.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 18, 2020 10:13 AM
Bombay HC orders SIT probe into death of man after alleged police brutality