Delhi riots: Police opposes Umar Khalid’s bail, says ‘idea was to bring govt to knees, destabilise democracy’
The Hindu
SPP Amit Prasad also contested claims of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid that the investigating agency was communal and the charge sheet in the riots conspiracy case was a “figment of imagination”
Delhi Police opposed the bail plea of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid on January 11, saying that the “ultimate objective” of the riots conspiracy was to bring the Government of India to its knees and destabilise the foundation of democracy.
Mr. Khalid and several others have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), a stringent anti-terror law, and are accused of being the “masterminds” of the riots which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured in 2020.
The arguments on their bail pleas have been going on for more than five months.