Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 21: In response to Dinesh Yadav’s sentencing in the Delhi Riots 2020 case by a Delhi court yesterday, an old woman named Manori, whose house was burned down by a crowd that included him during the riots, has stated that she never saw the accused burning her house.
“I never saw him burning the house. I have not seen his face to date. I said the same in front of the police and the judge. The court is not my cup of tea and I can not even save him,” said Manori to ANI. Manori also said that during the riots, things were stolen from their house.
“The quarrelling started a day before the house was burnt, due to which all the family members had confined themselves to the house. On the next day, people started knocking at our doors aggressively. The entire family went to the roof. They all ran away and stayed with some close people for the next four days. My daughter-in-law has still not left the bed where she was lying when the rioters broke inside the house, she is in shock. On the fourth day, police called us to the station and we got to know that our house was burnt down and things were stolen. They even took away the milk, ghee, pickle etc,” she said.
Manori Begum stated, “I am no longer interested in living here. “If we find a buyer in the future, I’ll sell my property and move somewhere else,” adding that the area’s peace and tranquilly had been disrupted by the disturbances.
Yadav’s family, on the other hand, claims that he was wrongfully accused because of his low upbringing, and that he is innocent.
