New Delhi: Delhi's Karkardooma court on Thursday sent Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam to judicial custody till October 22 in a case registered under UAPA in connection with Delhi violence.
Sharjeel's judicial custody was ending today after which Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat gave the new order.
Sharjeel's lawyer Surabhi Das protested against extending the judicial custody and said that he did not yet understand the meaning of making Sharjeel an accused in this case. He also said that he has not even been given a copy of the remand while Sharjeel was sent to judicial custody on September 3.
Sharjeel was arrested on 25 August in the Delhi violence case and a charge sheet was filed under UAPA against him by the Delhi Police.
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The police had stated that the Sharjeel was desperate to take the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to an all-India level and was trying hard to do so. It also stated that Sharjeel was in contact with one of the members of the Popular Front of India (PFI).
It went to add that Sharajeel not only mobilized a community but also tried to get the traffic jam in Delhi and other parts of the country.
Sharjeel was bought to Delhi from Assam
Sharjeel Imam was brought to Delhi from Assam by the police. Among the accused against whom charges have been filed under the UAPA for conspiracy in Delhi violence, besides Sharjeel are activists of Pinjra Tod organization Devangan Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Jamia University student Asif Iqbal Tanha, Gulfisha Fatima, former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, Safura Zargar, Miran Haider, Shifa ur Rehman, Tahir Hussain, Khalid Saifi, and Umar Khalid.
Arrested from Bihar
Sharjeel Imam was arrested from Bihar for making an objectionable speech in Shaheen Bagh. According to the police, during the investigation of the Jamia violence, one of the accused had said that he carried out the violence, influenced by the speech of Sharjeel Imam.
On July 10, the Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging the trial court's decision to extend the period of an investigation against Sharjeel Imam from 180 days to 180 days.
