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Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam NEW DELHI: While rejecting their bail, the Supreme Court placed Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam on a ‘different footing’ from others, citing evidence presented by Delhi Police. In their chargesheet, police accused Khalid as the central figure and Sharjeel as his protégé. Besides the chats in two WhatsApp groups allegedly…
NEW DELHI: A group of JNU students raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case.According to a purported video of the protest, which was held on Monday night, slogans condemning…
NEW DELHI: Family members of jailed student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam expressed disappointment and anguish after the Supreme Court declined to grant them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case, observing that the two stood on a “qualitatively different footing” from five other accused who were granted relief on Monday.Khalid’s family said the…
Umar Khalid with Banjyosna Lahiri. NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court verdict on Monday denying him bail, Umar Khalid said that jail was his life now. His partner Banjyosna Lahiri said that he was happy and relieved for the co-accused who were granted bail, even as he remarked that prison has now become his life.Sharing…
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to deny bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 north-east Delhi riots case.Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla hailed the verdict as “Satyameva Jayate” and demanded that the Congress must apologize for “defending” the accused.Following…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam — lodged in Tihar jail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) linked to 2020 Delhi riots.The bench of justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria said that prosecution material disclosed a prima facie case against Umar Khalid and…
Umar Khalid returned to Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 29 December. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced its verdict on Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and several others, rejecting their bail plea in the Delhi 2020 riots case.A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel…
NEW DELHI: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s words of sympathy for activist Umar Khalid, who has been in jail for over five years for his alleged involvement in a Delhi riots conspiracy case, drew a furious response Friday from BJP which said an outsider had no right to question Indian judiciary.“If any person supports an…
Umar Khalid (L), Zohran Mamdani (R) NEW DELHI: Student activist Umar Khalid, who has been in jail for nearly five years in connection with the Feb 2020 Delhi riots, has received a show of solidarity from New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, who wrote to him, saying, “we are all thinking of you”.The note, undated,…
NEW DELHI: A court on Thursday granted 15 days’ interim bail to northeast Delhi riots conspiracy accused Umar Khalid, allowing him to attend his sister’s wedding later this month. Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai noted that Khalid had already spent five years and three months in custody since his arrest in Sept 2020 and that…
