New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) The city police on Monday opposed before the Delhi High Court the bail plea of RJD youth wing leader and Jamia Millia Islamia student Meeran Haider in a UAPA case related to an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 riots here.
The Delhi Police told a bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar that Haider was the coordinator of the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) that was at the “foundation of every chakka jam”.
It also told the bench that “formation of protest sites” by the Haider and others are enough for the offence of conspiracy Haider and several others, including activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, have been booked under the anti-terror law — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) — and provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi that left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured.
The violence had erupted during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
“He was one of the material members of JCC. Jamia JCC is connected to every spot. JCC was at the foundation of every ‘chakka jam’ in the city. The entire conspiracy is happening in JCC. He was the central coordinator of JCC,” argued special public prosecutor Amit Prasad on behalf of the police.
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