Umar Khalid denied bail in Delhi riots case
India Today
Umar Khalid, a former member of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU), was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the northeast Delhi riots.
Karkardooma Court on Thursday denied bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots' larger conspiracy case involving charges under IPC and UAPA.
Umar Khalid, a former member of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU), was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the northeast Delhi riots in 2020. The violence that went on for 72 hours following widespread protests against CAA/NRC claimed 53 lives and left over 400 people injured.
On August 1, 2020, Delhi Police had questioned Umar over the speeches he delivered at the protest site in Shaheen Bagh along with Khalid Saifi days before the riots. Investigators had also seized Umar's mobile phone at the time.
In a chargesheet filed in July, 2020 in connection with the Chand Bagh violence, Delhi Police had claimed that Tahir Hussain and Umar Khalid hatched a conspiracy ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India. The police had further alleged that Umar had assured the other two that Popular Front of India (PFI) was ready to "provide funds and facilities".
The Delhi Police Crime Branch had registered an FIR against Umar Khalid on March 6, 2020. In the FIR, investigating officers had claimed Umar and his associates "conspired" to trigger communal riots in Delhi.
