Topic: Delhi Police

Renowned Political Scientist Paul Brass's book Forms of Collective Violence: Riots, Pogroms, and Genocide in Modern India is presented as evidence by the Delhi Police in its chargesheet filed against JNU Ph.D. scholar Sharjeel Imam who faces charges under draconian UAPA for a speech which he called for a road blockade as a method of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA.

The trial court in Karkardooma granted bail to Narwal in Jaffrabad riots case. Narwal, however, will not be released from jail as she is yet to secure bail in a case under UAPA.

During the hearing on petitions seeking registration of FIRs and independent inquiry for northeast Delhi violence, Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves said to the Delhi High Court that delay caused in taking up these matters for arguments is emboldening the police to make illegal arrests.

Activists on Wednesday shared a video message recorded by JNU student leader and United Against Hate activist Umar Khalid before his arrest by the Delhi Police in a case related to the Delhi riots.

Those present at the gathering, including Umar Khalid’s mother Sabiha Khanum and arrested United Against Hate activist Khalid Saifi's wife Nargis Saifi, wore masks with faces of arrested student activists.

The Delhi Police has named fifteen people including politicians, rights activists, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University student leaders and residents of northeast Delhi as accused in charge sheet filed over the violence that took place in national capital in February this year.