Quoting intel inputs, 8 July police letter had said arrests of some Hindu youth created resentment in community. HC said media reports on this were 'against letter and spirit' of the order. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday rejected a petition challenging the order passed by Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Praveer Ranjan on 8 July to senior officers heading probe teams for the Delhi riots on the arrest of Hindu youths in Northeast Delhi. Ranjan’s letter had quoted intelligence inputs to say “arrests of some Hindu youth from Chand Bagh and Khajuri Khas areas of North-East Delhi recently in connection with Delhi riots has led to a degree of resentment among the Hindu community there”. “Community representatives are alleging that these arrests are made without any evidence and are even insinuating that such arrests are being made for some personal reasons,” the letter had added, directing the officers to exercise due care and precautions while arresting anybody. The court was hearing a petition filed by Northeast Delhi resident Sahil Parvez, who had lost his father, and Mohammad Saeed Salman, who had lost his mother, in the riots that took place in February. The petitioners had demanded that the letter be quashed and disciplinary inquiry initiated against the SP for issuing the order. The petition was filed after a report was published in The Indian Express on 15 July, titled ‘Resentment in Hindus on arrests, take care: Special CP to probe teams’. However, the court refused to quash this order, stating that no prejudice had been caused as it was issued after the accused were chargesheeted in the case. We are deeply grateful to our readers & viewers for their time, trust and subscriptions. Quality journalism is expensive and needs readers to pay for it. Your support will define our work and ThePrint’s future. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also added a cautionary note for the media, observing that news reports on the letter were “against the letter and spirit of the order” issued by Ranjan. “Therefore, it is suggested that media being the fourth pillar of democracy, news should be cleared after verifying the facts so that no prejudice is caused to anyone or hatred is spread among communities in this country,” the court noted.