NEW DELHI—Former JNU researcher Umar Khalid has been remanded to 10-day police custody by Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of the Karkardooma court on Monday.
The remand has been given in a case pertaining to northeast Delhi riots that took place in February this year.
“I deem it fit, for having an effective and proper investigation, to allow the present application seeking police remand of the accused Umar Khalid for a period of ten days. Accordingly, the application is allowed and ten days police custody remand of the accused, namely, Umar Khalid is given to the IO”, Bar and Bench quoted the court having ordered.
Khalid was arrested by the Delhi Police on Sunday in connection with an FIR filed against him in which he was accused of having masterminded the Delhi riots. Charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were later on slapped against him.
He was produced before the court through video-conferencing.
Seeking Khalid’s 10-day remand, special public prosecutor Amit Prasadcontended that Khalid had to be confronted with huge documentary evidence in the case and that investigation was on-going.
Khalid’s counsel Trideep Paissubmitted that there was no reason to justify Umar’s arrest when he had been cooperating with the investigation.
However, the court allowed Delhi police’s plea for custody on basis of the case diary and the case file.
