Kapil Mishra’s name used to build a narrative around riots: prosecution

SPP opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea, says accused planned, executed violence

Opposing former JNU student leader Umar Khalid’s bail plea in the Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case, the prosecution on Monday told a city court that BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s speech had not surfaced when the accused were discussing how to “incite violence” in their WhatsApp conversations.

Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad argued before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that the accused only used Mr. Mishra’s name to “build a narrative”.

“There was a proposal to incite violence on February 17, 2020, which is the time when you [accused] drew a narrative that Kapil Mishra came there [north-east Delhi]... Where was Kapil Mishra then? He had not even surfaced anywhere and your proposal to incite violence had surfaced... there was your [accused’s] proposal to block roads and incite violence,” SPP Prasad said.