Sharjeel Imam to be produced in Aligarh court on July 6

Sharjeel Imam, who allegedly made inflammatory speeches in Delhi and Aligarh in January this year, shall be produced in an Aligarh court on July 6. Police has requested Assam Police to send him to Aligarh as he is currently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail.

Aligarh: Efforts are on to bring anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) activist Sharjeel Imam, who was arrested by Delhi Police in a sedition case from Bihar earlier this year and currently lodged in Guwahati Central Jail, back to Aligarh as he is to be produced in a court here on July six, official sources said.

They said an FIR was lodged against him in Aligarh for allegedly making an inflammatory speech while protesting

against the CAA and the NCR.A video of him saying that Assam should be cut-off from the rest of the country had gone viral on the social media. The alleged speech was made on January 16, 2020.

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"We have sent the required documents to the central jail authorities in Assam asking them to send him to Aligarh," Circle Officer, Civil Lines, Anil Samania told media

Imam came into focus for giving an "inflammatory" speech in Delhi's Jamia over the CAA and the NRC on December 13 and subsequently on January 16 at Aligarh Muslim University.