15 September,2020 08:22 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Supporters of Peace Party take part in a protest rally against the government's CAA and NRC, in New Delhi on February 18. File pic/AFP
Delhi Police on 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 huge amount of data. In the FIR, police have 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.
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