New Delhi: A Delhi court recently discharged Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi in a rioting case while saying that the two were facing charges in the “umbrella conspiracy” case relating to the February 2020 communal violence.
“As far as accused Khalid Saifi and Umar Khalid are concerned, I find that allegations made against them relate to Umbrella Conspiracy, rather than conspiracy peculiar to incident investigated in this case i.e. the incident at Pradeep’s parking…larger conspiracy to incite riots in Delhi, is already subject matter of consideration in FIR 59/2020, PS Crime branch, therefore, these two accused are entitled for discharge in the present case,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said, according to Bar and Bench.
Both Saifi and Khalid are facing Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act cases pertaining the riots and are in jail. The case from which they were discharged, according to the Indian Express, was registered based on a statement by a constable who was on duty when a mob gathered in the Chandbagh area on February 24, 2020.
The court had also discharged co-accused Tariq Moin Rizvi, Jagar Khan and Mohd Illiyas. Eleven other people, including former Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain, have been charged in the rioting case that Khalid and Saifi were discharged from. The judge claimed that there were two different conspiracies at play in the violence, and that is why the two were being discharged from this particular case:
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