NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday took cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet filed by Delhi Police against former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case related to the northeast Delhi violence.
The court said there was reasonable ground to show that Khalid, former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and another accused in the case had conspired together to commit offences as mentioned in the chargesheet. “Hence, there is sufficient material on record to proceed against accused Khalid under Section 204 CrPC,” it said.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Dinesh Kumar stated, “I have gone through the supplementary challan filed against Khalid. It is alleged by the prosecution that he was an active participant in the criminal conspiracy to instigate communal riots in various parts of Delhi. Due to his instigation, a mob had gathered that robbed people and burnt down properties, including houses and shops. They also destroyed public property.”
The prosecution, according to the chargesheet, had relied on the statement of a witness, who knew Hussain and the other accused. The court order added that the witness had allegedly seen Hussain distribute money to people participating in the demonstration against CAA.
According to the witness, on January 8, 2020, Hussain went to Shaheen Bagh where he entered an office where he allegedly also saw Khalid and United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi enter. It is alleged that Hussain came out of the office after 1-1.5 hours.
The court directed the investigating officer to supply the copy of the chargesheet, filed on December 26, to the accused through the jail superintendent.