INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The police has also booked Khalid and two others for offences of sedition, murder, attempt to murder, promoting enmity
between different groups on grounds of religion and rioting
File image of former JNU student Umar
Khalid, AFP
New Delhi: Delhi Police Monday sought 10-day custody of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested
under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in
February.Khalid was present before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat through video conferencing
Khalid was arrested on Sunday night in the case
Police said he needed to be confronted with a huge amount of data.In the FIR, police has claimed that the communal violence was a
"premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.The students have also been booked for the offences of
sedition, murder, attempt to murder, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and rioting.Khalid had allegedly given
provocative speeches at two different places and appealed to the citizens to come out on streets and block the roads during the visit of US
President Donald Trump to spread propaganda at international level about how minorities in India are being tortured, the FIR alleged.In this
conspiracy, firearms, petrol bombs, acid bottles and stones were collected at numerous homes, FIR claimed.Co-accused Danish was allegedly
given the responsibility to gather people from two different places to take part in the riots, police alleged
Women and children were made to block the roads under the Jafrabad metro station on February 23 to create tension amidst the neighbourhood
people, FIR said.Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on 24 February after violence between citizenship law supporters and
protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on
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