A Delhi court on Thursday sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the strict anti-terrorism law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case involving communal violence in northeast Delhi in February, to judicial custody. until October 22.
Khalid was present before additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat via video conference at the end of his police detention.
Khalid was arrested on September 13 in the case.
Police did not seek his additional custody.
In the FIR, the police have claimed that the communal violence was a “premeditated conspiracy” that was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two other people.
He has also been booked for the crimes of sedition, murder, attempted murder, promoting enmity between different groups for reasons of religion and riots.
Khalid had allegedly given provocative speeches at two different locations and urged citizens to take to the streets and block roads during the visit of US President Donald Trump to spread propaganda internationally about how minorities in India are being tortured, the FIR alleged. .
In this conspiracy, firearms, gasoline bombs, acid bottles and stones were collected from numerous houses, FIR said.
The Danish co-defendant was allegedly given the responsibility of bringing together people from two different places to participate in the riots, police alleged. Women and children were forced to block the roads under the Jafrabad metro station on February 23 to create tension among the people of the neighborhood, the FIR said.
Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between supporters of the citizenship law and protesters spiraled out of control, leaving at least 53 dead and around 200 injured.
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