Sudha Ramachandran
India’s Supreme Court last week denied bail to two student activists, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, accused in the alleged “larger conspiracy” case related to the 2020 Delhi riots. The two were arrested in 2020 under the Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA), India’s draconian anti-terror law, and provisions of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code, for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi.
The riots left 53 people, mainly Muslims, dead, and more than 700 injured. This was the worst communal violence in Delhi since the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Five other appellants — Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, and Mohammad Saleem Khan — who were also jailed under the UAPA in 2020, were granted bail under stringent conditions by the apex court.
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