New Delhi: As per Times Now Report, Delhi Court on Wednesday, Former JNU student Umar Khalid’s bail hearing took place. In the hearing prosecutor accusing him of planning the Delhi riots.
Highlighting the important aspects, the prosecutor produced his WhatsApp chats and stated that Umar Khalid had talked about spilling blood in one of the meetings that he participated in on January 23.
Referring to the statement of witness, prosecutor stated that Khalid had a vital role to play in the pre-planned conspiracy of Delhi riots that took place in January 2020.
Drawing parallels between the JNU sedition case and the Northeast Delhi riots case, the prosecutor said that Khalid learnt from his mistakes in 2016 and did not repeat them during the Delhi riots.
The bail plea was being opposed and the prosecutor said that people were brought from other areas to fuel violence due to a lack of local support.
Pointing out Umar Khalid’s chats before the Delhi court, the government highlighted that the accused had spoken about “spilling blood” at a secret meeting.
As per the report, the prosecutor also said that women were organised together and told to gather sticks and chilli powder.
Last month too his bail plea was opposed. While opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad cited the 9/11 attack in the US to counter the activist’s claim that he only sent five messages on the WhatsApp group and was not present at the site.
Referring to the chargesheet, Prasad argued that these people were remotely supervising the protest sites just like the conspirators of the 9/11 attack who were not in the US.
Prasad said that on February 17, there were indications of the protest turning violent. Such messages were sent in the group. Khalid was in the group, but he remained silent.
During the arguments, Prasad said there was a connection between Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. He further argued that Umar Khalid was the mentor of Sharjeel Imam.
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