For roughly eight hours after a fire at the residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, the Delhi Police headquarters was in the dark about the incident, several senior officers have told The Indian Express.
Narrating what transpired after the fire — which was reported by Justice Varma’s personal assistant at 11.30 pm on March 14 and put out by midnight — a highly placed source said, “Once the blaze was extinguished, the judge’s PA asked the five police personnel who had arrived at the spot to leave and return in the morning.”
Justice Varma was away with his wife at the time of the blaze, which broke out in a storeroom attached to his residence.
Sources said the investigating officer of the case paid a visit to the residence the next morning but was asked to come later.
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