Delhi Police on Tuesday opposed in the high court here a plea to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to inquire into alleged police atrocities that took place in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in December 2019 following student protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The police responded to an 'amendment application' - filed in a pending PIL concerning the incident of violence at the varsity - that also sought the transfer of FIRs lodged against students to an independent agency and argued that a stranger cannot seek a judicial inquiry or investigation by any third-party agency. The police stated that the application was "nothing but a disguised attempt by a third party interloper to interfere in criminal matters in the garb of PIL" and a PIL petitioner cannot be permitted to choose the members of SIT for investigating and prosecuting any alleged offence.