Umar Khalid, the renowned student activist from Jawaharlal Nehru University student has been arrested by the Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in the violence that erupted in the national capital in February 2020.
Delhi Police’s Special Cell had earlier charged Umar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in another case related to the Delhi violence.
“After 11 hours of interrogation, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Umar Khalid as a conspirator in the ‘Delhi Riots case’. The fairy tale narrative that DP (Delhi Police) has been spinning and criminalising protests in the garb of investigating riots, finds yet another victim,” United Against Hate, an activist group whose member is Umar Khalid, said in a statement on Sunday.
Riots that erupted in north-east Delhi from February 23 to 26 claimed over 50 lives and left many injured.
The riots erupted after Pro CAA protesters from various parts of India gathered in Delhi to againt those who were protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens in different parts of the city.
Khalid’s arrest comes at a time when the Delhi Police named CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav in the disclosure statement of one of the accused of the riots.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/flexeril.html