New Delhi: The Delhi Police have completed the investigation into the conspiracy of violence that rocked north-east areas of the capital in 2020.
The Karkardooma Court heard the case on Thursday. Delhi Police said that the violence was the result of a deep conspiracy. The hearing will continue on September 6.
Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad, representing Delhi Police, said that the conspiracy of riot was hatched after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed by Parliament on December 4, 2019. Referring to the chargesheet, he said that many organisations were involved in this "conspiracy of riot". These organisations included Pinjra Tod, AAZMI, SIO, SFI and others. He also referred to a conversation in a WhatsApp group and statements of witnesses while substantiating his argument.
Investigation of Delhi violence completed: Earlier on September 4, Delhi Police had told the court that the investigation has been completed. After which, the court had ordered police to present arguments on the charges from September 5 onwards. The accused had filed a petition saying that the arguments on framing of charges should be started only after the investigation is completed.
An FIR was registered in this case on March 6, 2020. After which, one chargesheet and four supplementary chargesheets were filed. One chargesheet has been registered against 18 accused including Umar Khalid in the case registered under UAPA.
Those accused in the case includes Safoora Zargar, Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Ishrat Jahan, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha, Shafa ur Rehman, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Salim Malik, Mohammad Salim Khan, Athar Khan, Sharjeel Imam, Faizan Khan, Natasha Narwal and Devangan Kalita. Of whom, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangan Kalita and Natasha Narwal have been granted bail.
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