Delhi Riots
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Delhi riots: JNU students Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam named in supplementary charge sheet
India | Nov 25, 2020, 10:16 PM ISTThe 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.
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Delhi riots: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid named in supplementary charge sheet
News | Nov 25, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTDelhi 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.
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Delhi riots: Umar Khalid hatched conspiracy during Trump visit for global propaganda, say police
India | Nov 23, 2020, 01:44 PM ISTCommunal 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.
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Delhi riots: Court dismisses Tahir Hussain's bail pleas, says he acted as 'kingpin'
India | Oct 22, 2020, 01:11 PM ISTThe 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.
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ED to question arrested PFI members in Delhi riots case
India | Oct 14, 2020, 07:42 AM ISTThe 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.
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Delhi Riots: Umar Khalid sent to judicial custody till October 22
Special Report | Sep 24, 2020, 11:06 PM ISTKhalid 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.
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Delhi riots: Over ₹1 cr used to manage protests, reveals chargesheet
India | Sep 22, 2020, 12:43 PM ISTA recent chargesheet filed by Special Cell of the Delhi Police in connection with the alleged conspiracy in the Delhi riots case revealed that five accused, slapped with the stringent UAPA, received Rs 1.61 crore to execute the conspiracy.
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Delhi riots: Facebook's refusal to appear before Delhi committee is attempt to conceal facts, says Raghav Chadha
News | Sep 15, 2020, 04:44 PM ISTDelhi Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee Chief Raghav Chadha said, "We had summoned Facebook India VP and MD Ajit Mohan over its role in Delhi riots.
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Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid arrested for alleged role in Delhi riots
India | Sep 14, 2020, 07:55 AM ISTFormer Jawaharlal Nehru University Student leader Umar Khalid was arrested late Sunday for his alleged role in the northeast Delhi riots.
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Delhi riots: Police mention Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, in supplementary charge sheet
India | Sep 13, 2020, 08:03 AM ISTSome of those named have also been charged with -- based on the statements of three students already arrested in the case -- asking the protesters to go to "any extreme", spreading "discontent" in the community by calling CAA/NRC anti-Muslim, and organising demonstrations to "malign the image of Government of India".
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Delhi riots: Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, others named in chargesheet
India | Sep 12, 2020, 11:39 PM ISTThe Delhi Police has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand in a supplementary charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of "provoking and mobilising" anti-CAA protesters.
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Ex-AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain sent to judicial custody
India | Sep 10, 2020, 01:24 PM ISTFormer AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain has been sent to judicial custody (Tihar Jail) in a money laundering case filed against him related to the Delhi Riots case.
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Delhi riots: Court sends JNU student Sharjeel Imam to judicial custody till Oct 1 in UAPA case
India | Sep 03, 2020, 08:57 PM ISTA Delhi court Thursday sent JNU student Sharjeel Imam to judicial custody till October 1 in a case related to communal violence in north east Delhi in February.
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Tahir Hussain, accused in Delhi riots, no longer a Municipal Councillor
India | Aug 27, 2020, 04:59 PM ISTMonths after the Delhi Police named suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain as one of the main conspirators in the Delhi riots, the East MCD on Thursday sacked him from the post of Councillor.
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Delhi riots: Police arrests JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam
India | Aug 26, 2020, 07:55 AM ISTThe Special Cell of Delhi police arrested JNU PhD scholar Sharjeel Imam in connection with the February Northeast Delhi riots. He has been booked on the charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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Tahir Hussain provoked his community to promote Hindu-Muslim enmity: Court
India | Aug 21, 2020, 11:07 PM ISTA Delhi court on Friday took cognisance of the charge sheet filed against suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma during communal violence in the city in February, while noting that he provoked his community against the other to promote enmity on the grounds of religion.
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Delhi Riots: 'LG is misusing his power', alleges Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
News | Jul 31, 2020, 10:40 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia alleged that Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal is misusing his power in Delhi riots case.
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Pregnant Jamia student Safoora Zargar released from jail after securing bail
News | Jun 24, 2020, 10:54 PM ISTSafoora Zargar, a pregnant student of Jamia Milia Islamia University, who was arrested in April this year in a case related to Delhi riots, was released from jail on June 24.
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Delhi violence: Police files Charge sheets in court against 20 persons in murder cases of 2 brothers
India | Jun 04, 2020, 06:23 PM ISTThe Delhi police on Thursday filed two charge sheets before a Delhi court in connection with the alleged murder of two brothers during the communal violence in north east Delhi in February.
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Delhi Cabinet approves Rs 1 crore for Ankit Sharma's family
India | May 04, 2020, 02:22 PM ISTThe Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved Rs one crore for the family of IB officer Ankit Sharma, who died during the riots in the city in February.