Kalita and Narwal were arrested last year in May in connection with the communal riots in northeast Delhi.
Student activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha were granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. All three of them are booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) law, in connection with the northeast Delhi riots.
Members of the Pinjra Tod (break the cage) group, Kalita and Narwal, were arrested last year in May in connection with the communal riots in northeast Delhi. Crime Branch of the Delhi Police arrested them and booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including rioting, unlawful assembly and attempt to murder.
For allegedly being part of a “premeditated conspiracy” in the riots, they were also booked under the stringent anti-terror law in a separate case.
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