Delhi riots: Court grants bail to man for 'humongous delay' in witness statement
India | May 04, 2021 14:35 ISTA court here has granted bail to an accused in two cases pertaining to the north-east Delhi riots in February.
A court here has granted bail to an accused in two cases pertaining to the north-east Delhi riots in February.
Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi in February last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
As a bail condition, Judge Vinod Yadav directed Umar Khalid to install the Aarogya Setu App in his phone.
Delhi Police special cell has filed a new supplementary chargesheet in a city court in relation to the northeast Delhi riots 2020 that took place in the wake of CAA protests.
Thousands of protesting farmers had clashed with the police during the tractor parade called by farmer unions on January 26 to highlight their demand for repeal of the three farm laws.
Three more people have been arrested in connection with the violence that took place during the farmers' tractor rally in Delhi's Burari area on January 26, police said.
On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of farmers riding tractors and motor cycles and on foot had swarmed the Red Fort, climbed up to its ramparts while waving the tricolour, farmer union flags and pennants with religious symbols.
Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
"The 'Sanjaya' of this conspiracy was DPSG. 'Sanjaya' was narrating everything to 'Dhritarashtra'. The 'Dhritarasthra' here is yet to be identified, the prosecutor submitted before the court.
Police also said that a reward will be given to anyone who provides information about the accused in connection with the riots which took place in February this year.
In its 200-page supplementary charge sheet, Delhi Police has alleged that JNU student leader Umar Khalid “had remotely controlled” the riots in N.E. Delhi that killed 53 people.
The charge sheet, which names former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam as accused, said there was a “tacit understanding” between the accused persons to carry out an “illegal” act.
Delhi Police alleged that Sharjeel Imam's academic, religious and oratory instincts were to become an asset for the key conspirators of the case in the days to come.
Communal violence in northeast Delhi had broken out in February this year, following which the Delhi Police had filed a supplementary charge sheet in a court against Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam.
Delhi riots latest news: The Delhi Police, that received the permission from the Delhi government and Home Ministry a fortnight ago, is now planning to file a supplementary charge sheet naming Umar Khalid.
The former political leader had moved the court seeking bail in three cases pertaining to the Delhi riots case. Besides these three, Hussain is an accused in eight other cases of communal riots.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) wants to question the alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) members, who were arrested from Mathura when they were going to meet the Hathras victim's family, in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the riots in northeast Delhi in February this year.
Khalid is accused of hatching a criminal conspiracy to cause communal unrest by inciting people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens.
A Delhi Court sent former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid to judicial custody till October 22 in connection with his alleged role in the violence of Northeast Delhi.
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