New Delhi: A Delhi Court has adjourned till March 23 the decision on the bail plea of ​​former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in a case of major conspiracy in connection with the communal riots in North-East Delhi in February 2020. Is done. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was earlier supposed to pass the order on Monday, but today adjourned the matter for Wednesday saying the verdict was not ready.

Let us inform that on March 3, the court had reserved its order after hearing the arguments of Umar Khalid and the lawyer appearing for the prosecution. During the arguments on the bail plea, accused Umar Khalid had told the court that the prosecution did not have any concrete evidence to prove its case against him. It is noteworthy that Khalid and many others have been booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act for being the mastermind of the communal riots of February 2020. In February 2020, fierce communal violence broke out in North-East Delhi during protests against CAA and NRC. In these riots 53 people were killed and more than 700 people were injured.

Along with Umar Khalid, activist Khalid Saifi, JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, Jamia Coordination Committee member Safoora Zargar, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Tahir Hussain and many others have been booked under strict law in the matter. has gone.

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