Ishrat Jahan alleged that he has been facing harassment in prison for the past four months. (Archive) New Delhi: Former Congressional Councilor Ishrat Jahan, arrested under the strict Illegal Activities (Prevention) Act in a case of riots in northeast Delhi, alleged in court in Delhi on Tuesday that she was …
Read More »Freedom from the cage: a Delhi judge gives bail in verse
Written by Anand Mohan J | New Delhi | Updated: November 8, 2020 7:45:56 am The incident took place on February 25 of this year. Babu was arrested on April 8, after a Satish bailiff identified him at a traffic stop in Maujpur (Getty Images). A Delhi judge relied on …
Read More »‘No one allowed to meet’: Delhi riots defendants Umar Khalid tells court
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid, who is in judicial custody in connection with his alleged role in the Delhi riots, claimed on Thursday that he is not allowed to leave his cell or meet with anyone, claiming that it is a form of solitary confinement. “Security does …
Read More »Delhi police leak details of riot witnesses, detained by court
Violence erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 (archive) New Delhi: A Delhi court hearing a case involving the northeast Delhi riots was informed that the police “inadvertently” placed a document containing the details of some of the protected witnesses on the copies of the charge sheet supplied to the …
Read More »Throwing stones, inciting crowds during riots: Delhi government signals ‘police complicity’ videos
Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: October 9, 2020 7:29:33 am The other four videos flagged by the Department of the Interior show men making open threats and calling for violence targeting a particular community. (File photo) On October 5, the Delhi Government Department of the …
Read More »Delhi riots: ‘insider’ witness saw protesters incited, police say
Delhi police have attached the statement of “inside information” to the February riots charge sheet filed on Wednesday, in which this person claims to have been present at three meetings of protesters against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act , during which he heard one of the accused, Asif Iqbal Tanha, saying …
Read More »Delhi Riots: Police File 10,000 Page Charge Sheet Against 15 Defendants Under UAPA And Other Sections
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 8:07:45 pm More than 53 people were killed and more than 200 injured after communal clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between supporters of the citizenship law and protesters spiraled out of control. …
Read More »Umar Khalid Arrested in Connection with Unrest in Northeast Delhi
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid was arrested in connection with a case related to the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots. The case is being investigated by the special cell of the Delhi Police, which is investigating a “wider angle of conspiracy” behind the riots that took …
Read More »Delhi Riots: Police Name Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, On Supplemental Charge Sheet
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: September 12, 2020 11:08:34 pm The names appeared on a supplemental charge sheet filed by police on the riots in the northeast district between February 23 and 26, which claimed 53 lives and left 581 injured. (Express file photo) Delhi police appointed CPI …
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