Delhi riots case: 10-day custody of ex-JNU student leader Umar Khalid sought
Delhi Police sought 10-day custody of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-09-14 11:10 GMT
New Delhi
Khalid was present before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat through video conferencing. Khalid was arrested on Sunday night in the case.
Police said he needed to be confronted with huge amount of data. In the FIR, police has claimed that the communal violence was a "premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.
The students have also been booked for the offences of sedition, murder, attempt to murder, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and rioting.
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