Supreme Court Asks Ex-Mayor To Approach Delhi Police For FIR Against UP Police Over Raid For Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by former Delhi Mayor Farhad Suri seeking an FIR against Ghaziabad Police officials for allegedly conducting an illegal raid at his residence in search of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay.The Court asked the petitioner to avail the regular statutory remedies seeking FIR instead of invoking Article 32 of the Constitution at the first instance. The Court also refused to entertain the alternate prayer in the petition seeking guidelines regarding inter-state police raids.Giving liberty to the petitioner to avail the remedies under the BNSS for FIR, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana disposed of the matter.Abhishek Upadhyay, who reported on the allegations of donation theft in the Ayodhya Ram Temple, is facing an FIR by the Ghaziabad police in relation to an alleged road-rage incident.