By Nupur Thapliyal
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to human rights activist Nadeem Khan who has been booked by the Delhi Police on the charges of promoting enmity and criminal conspiracy after a video went viral on social media.
Justice Jasmeet Singh ordered that Khan, who is the National Secretary of Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) organization, will not be arrested till Friday.
However, the Court directed Khan to join the investigation tomorrow and to cooperate in the probe. He is also directed not to leave the national capital without permission of the Investigating Officer.
Justice Singh issued notice on the petitions filed by Khan and APCR. Khan has sought quashing of the Delhi Police FIR which states that a sub-inspector, while on patrol duty, was informed by secret sources that a video was uploaded on the social media that was causing “great anger among local people and could lead to violence.”
As per the FIR, it was found that the video titled “Records of Hindustan in Modi Sarkar” was posted on YouTube on November 21 by “Akram official 50” channel.
The FIR states that the video showed a person who had set up a stall at an exhibition and was gesturing towards a banner. He was allegedly talking about “Nadeem, Akhlaq, Rohit Vemula, Pehlu Khan” and referred to the 2020 Shaheen Bagh protests, Delhi riots, thereby portraying a particular community as victims and inciting people.
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