A Delhi court on Thursday, Sep 24, 2020 ,sent former JNU student Umar Khalid into judicial custody until October 22 for his alleged involvement in the February violence of North-east Delhi. Delhi police special cell has booked him Under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) .
He was earlier questioned by the unit and on September 1 he wrote to the Commissioner of Police S.N Shrivastava that he was being falsely implicated. Earlier, advocate Prashant Bhusan raising doubts at the investigation had tweeted ” Umar Khalid’s arrest by Delhi Police after naming Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh and Apoorvanand leaves no doubt about the malafied nature of its investigation into Delhi riots. It’s a conspiracy by the police to frame peaceful activists in the guise of investigation. ”
In support of Umar Khalid, student activist Gurmehar Kaur had tweeted the statement he had allegedly made. ” ‘We won’t respond to violence with violence. We won’t respond to hate with hate. If they spread hate, we will respond to it with love. If they thrash us with lathis , we keep holding the tricolor’- UMAR KHALID #freeumarkhalid”
Several activists have come up in support of Umar Khalid and the hashtag #freeumarkhalid has been trending across all major social media platforms.
A Delhi Court sends former JNU student Umar Khalid (in file photo) to judicial custody till 22nd October in connection with his alleged role in the violence of Northeast Delhi. He has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) by Special Cell of Delhi Police. pic.twitter.com/gPjTbhvRjw
— ANI (@ANI) September 24, 2020
