Umar Khalid, Former JNU Student Leader, Denied Bail In Delhi Riots Case

Thursday, 24 March 2022Newsdesk

Delhi's Karkardooma Court today rejected bail to former JNU student activist Umar Khalid in a "larger conspiracy" case relating to the 2020 Northeast Delhi violence. He was arrested on September 14, 2020, and is currently imprisoned at Delhi's Tihar jail

New Delhi, 24 March 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat had reserved the order on March 3 after hearing arguments from the counsel appearing for Mr Khalid and the prosecution. During the arguments, the accused told the court that the prosecution lacked the evidence to prove its case against him. Umar Khalid faces charges under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for being one of the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots, which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. 18 people have been named accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, but only 6 have received bail so far.

Source - NDTV