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JEHANABAD: Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the “larger conspiracy” case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, returned to his ancestral village Kako after six years to attend the wedding of his younger brother, Muzzammil Imam, and spend time with his ailing mother. He arrived after being granted 10-day interim bail by a Delhi court.Muzzammil Imam…
Sharjeel Imam has been granted interim bail for 10 days to attend his brother’s wedding and visit his ailing mother NEW DELHI: Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, walked out of jail after nearly six years after security interim bail from a local court to attend his brother’s wedding and to…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, for attending his brother’s wedding.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks to attend the marriage scheduled this month. The court…
Faced pressure to arrest Balasaheb Thackeray : Ex-ATS chief book MUMBAI: Nearly a decade after retiring from the police force, former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief K P Raghuvanshi has said he faced pressure during his career to arrest senior political figures, including Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray and RSS functionary Indresh Kumar. According to…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thrusday acquitted former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri, in which two people were killed. The Rouse Avenue Court held that the prosecution had failed to establish Kumar’s role in the violence. During the trial, Kumar maintained that…
Iran’s national police chief gave people who were “deceived” into joining- what the authorities have called “riots”- a limited window to turn themselves in with lighter punishment.“Young people who became unwittingly involved in the riots are considered to be deceived individuals, not enemy soldiers,” Ahmad‑Reza Radan said on state television, adding that those individuals have…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday accused the United States and Israel of seeking to destabilise Iran by orchestrating unrest, even as he said the government would listen to public grievances while warning against what he described as violent rioters.“The US and Israel want to sow chaos and disorder in Iran by ordering riots,” Pezeshkian…
Counsel for Sharjeel Imam on Thursday told the Karkardooma Court that there was no “mentor–protégé” relationship between Imam and co-accused Umar Khalid NEW DELHI: Counsel for Sharjeel Imam on Thursday told the Karkardooma Court that there was no “mentor–protégé” relationship between Imam and co-accused Umar Khalid, arguing that no conspiracy could be established against him…
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…
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…
