The aftermath of the 2020 Delhi violence left few eyewitnesses and weak police investigations as many victims, who fled for their lives, failed to identify the culprits, while police ostensibly remained too busy to maintain diary entries as they tried to contain the mobs. This was the pattern in most cases that saw acquittals in court.
Of the total 757 cases, 28 have resulted in acquittals and discharge so far – Newslaundry analysed the 14 in which 11 men were acquitted, based on court cause lists.
