UMAR KHALID AGAINST CAA BUT NOT INVOLVED IN DELHI RIOTS, SAYS LAWYER
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday sent former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid to 10 days in police custody, a day after his arrest under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, for his alleged role in a conspiracy behind the February riots in the Capital’s north-east district.
Khalid’s counsel Trideep Pais told the court that his client was not in Delhi between February 23 and 26, when the riots took place; that Khalid was opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, and not ashamed of his stand; and that the police were yet to produce evidence that he had incited the protests. The court accepted the police’s remand application.