Umar Khalid falsely claimed “atheism,” police said on his charge sheet.
New Delhi:
JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s “religious fanaticism” coupled with his academic legacy and keen public speaking skills was the “perfect combination” that his mentor Umar Khalid was seeking to exploit, police have alleged in his supplemental charge sheet. filed in a case involving northeast Delhi. unrest.
Furthermore, he alleged that for the “deeply communal” Umar Khalid, Imam was the “unapologetic floating foam of religious extremism that was to be used to execute the rush of the conspiracy into the riots.”
He claimed that Sharjeel Imam’s academic, religious and public speaking instincts would become an asset to the main conspirators in the case in the coming days.
“Four events that finally led to the emergence of the religious extremist that was taking shape within Sharjeel Imam’s consciousness were the approval of the law declaring the triple talaq illegal, final judgment in the Babri-Masjid case, revocation of article 370 of the Constitution of India and the introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill “.
“Imam actively participated in events and occasions that were observed on the JNU campus and was well received for his public speaking skills. Umar Khalid, his mentor, had a special interest in Sharjeel Imam. Sharjeel’s religious fanaticism along with his legacy Academic and his keen rhetorical ability was the perfect combination that Umar Khalid was looking to harness to execute the lessons learned from his seditious uprising attempt at JNU in 2016, “the charge sheet alleged.
Furthermore, he claimed that Umar Khalid, in public speech, always claimed that “atheism” was his faith. “Events have proven otherwise,” the charge sheet read.
He said the research showed that the concept of disruptive “chakka jaam“which later turned into violent riots designed to promote a common conspiracy, was supposedly hatched by Imam with the main conspirators.
The charge sheet also mentioned the names of some of Imam’s academic works.
“Sharjeel Imam joined JNU in 2013 as a master’s student in modern history and her thesis was titled ” Exodus before partition: the attack on the Muslims of Bihar in 1946 ”, which dealt extensively with riots and communal programs. While Imam was involved in his academic activities at JNU, the university had witnessed the first recorded criminal case involving acts of sedition in which his later mentor, Umar Khalid, was the main defendant. “
“His academic expressions (of the imam) can be found on major digital media platforms and some of those pertaining to the period, when his ultra-Islamist worldview was crystallizing, read as ” The Hindu Republic: Seven Decades of Muslim Exclusion in the India ”, ” It’s time we absolved Jinnah ” ‘,’ ‘Remembering 1980: Muslim Moradabad Massacre: a harsh indictment of’ ‘secular’ ‘and left-wing politics”, ” Islamophobia in JNU too it is rampant among leftist student organizations claiming to be secular, ” he said.
Police said in the supplemental charge sheet that Imam withdrew from Shaheen Bagh’s protest on January 2, 2020, but whether or not he had actually withdrawn can also be understood from the statements of those who hold “on par in the web of this conspiracy. ” “.
Umar Khalid was arrested in February 2016 on charges of sedition in connection with the controversial event held on the JNU campus against the hanging of Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. He’s out on bail in the case.
In December 2019, there was large-scale violence in Jamia Nagar and nearby areas during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Community violence erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 after clashes 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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