: Activist Sharjeel Imam denied bail in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case #IndiaNEWS Activist Sharjeel Imam was on Monday denied bail by a Delhi court in a larger conspiracy case related to the violence

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Activist Sharjeel Imam denied bail in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case #IndiaNEWS
Activist Sharjeel Imam was on Monday denied bail by a Delhi court in a larger conspiracy case related to the violence that broke out in the national Capital in February 2020, reported Bar and Bench.Imam was charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in April 2020 for his allegedly inflammatory speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia University as well as the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh. Three months later, the police had accused him of sedition.On January 26, a court in the city had cited a chargesheet against Imam and said that the violence in parts of Delhi was a result of his speeches.The communal violence had broken out between the supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing the law in North East Delhi between February 23 and February 26, 2020. The violence claimed 53 lives and hundreds were injured. The majority of those killed were Muslims.The Delhi Police claim that the violence was part of a larger conspiracy to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and was planned by those who had organised the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. They also claim the protestors had secessionist motives and were using “the facade of civil disobedience� to destabilise the government. In his speeches, Imam had purportedly asked the protestors to “cut off...Read more

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