Prosecution draws parallel between Delhi riots, 9/11
The Hindu
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Opposing former JNU student leader Umar Khalid’s bail plea in the north-east Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case, the prosecution on Friday sought to draw a parallel between the planning that went into the February 2020 violence and the 9/11 terror attacks in the U.S.
Referring to the defence arguments about Mr. Khalid’s case being similar to The Trial of the Chicago 7 — a movie on the trial of seven defendants charged by the U.S. government with conspiracy after countercultural protests in Chicago in 1968 — Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad said the 9/11 attacks were more relevant.
“Just before 9/11 happened, they [the accused] reached a particular place and took training. A month prior to that [9/11], they moved to their respective positions. That is what is relevant in this [Delhi riots] case also,” he submitted before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat.